SIGNIFICANT DIGIT


Meaning of SIGNIFICANT DIGIT in English

Function: noun

Date: 1923

: any of the digits of a number beginning with the digit farthest to the left that is not zero and ending with the last digit farthest to the right that is either not zero or that is a zero but is considered to be exact ― called also significant figure

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