significant digit

English

Noun

significant digit (plural significant digits)

(mathematics) A digit that is nonzero or, when zero, followed either by a nonzero digit or by further zeros and then a nonzero digit. Used in rounding.

Translations

digit

Czech: platná číslice f
Danish: betydende ciffer n
Dutch: beduidend cijfer n

Finnish: merkitsevä numero
Irish: digit shuntasach f, figiúr suntasach m
Vietnamese: chữ số có nghĩa

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