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noun
Synonym of significant figure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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Synonyms: significant figure
Antonyms: none provided
noun
any digit of a number that is known with certainty; any digit of a number beginning with the leftmost non-zero digit and ending with the rightmost non-zero digit (or a zero considered to be the exact value)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: significant figure
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: digit, figure
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