as in number
a character used to represent a mathematical value you only need to fill in the last two digits of the year in which you were born

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Recent Examples of digit This is simply the first six digits of your Citi credit or debit card. Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2025 Use Teams to schedule meetings with coworkers and Excel to crunch out digits for your manager. New Atlas, 29 Jan. 2025 This Week The guidelines are so that for all cash transactions, the final digit was rounded down to the nearest nickel. Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025 This is a pitcher whose fastball has been clocked in the triple digits and who, at 20, threw a 19-strikeout perfect game (and backed it up with eight perfect innings and 14 Ks the next time out). Tim Britton, The Athletic, 5 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for digit

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“Digit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/digit. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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