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A digit that is meaningful with respect to the precision of a measurement; that is, excluding any leading zeroes, trailing rounding or placeholder zeroes, and non-zero digits not warranted by the accuracy of a derivation or measurement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences
Examples
- The speed was calculated by dividing 2314 metres by 71 seconds and reported as 32.5915 m/s, but since both the distance and time were measured only to the nearest whole number, there were actually only two significant figures in this result, i.e. 32.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: significant digit
Antonyms: none provided
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see significant, figure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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
Examples
- he calculated the answer to four significant figures
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: significant digit
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: digit, figure
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
有效數字 /有效数字
(yǒuxiào shùzì)
— a digit that is meaningful with respect to the precision of a measurement
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Czech:
platná číslice
— a digit that is meaningful with respect to the precision of a measurement
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Danish:
betydende ciffer
— a digit that is meaningful with respect to the precision of a measurement
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Dutch:
beduidend cijfer
— a digit that is meaningful with respect to the precision of a measurement
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Finnish:
merkitsevä numero
— a digit that is meaningful with respect to the precision of a measurement
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French:
chiffre significatif
— a digit that is meaningful with respect to the precision of a measurement
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German:
signifikante Stelle
— a digit that is meaningful with respect to the precision of a measurement
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Greek:
σημαντικό ψηφίο
(simantikó psifío)
— a digit that is meaningful with respect to the precision of a measurement
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Hungarian:
értékes jegy/számjegy
— a digit that is meaningful with respect to the precision of a measurement
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Indonesian:
angka penting
— a digit that is meaningful with respect to the precision of a measurement
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Indonesian:
angka signifikan
— a digit that is meaningful with respect to the precision of a measurement
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Irish:
digit shuntasach
— a digit that is meaningful with respect to the precision of a measurement
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Irish:
figiúr suntasach
— a digit that is meaningful with respect to the precision of a measurement
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Italian:
cifra significativa
— a digit that is meaningful with respect to the precision of a measurement
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Japanese:
有効数字
(yūkō sūji)
— a digit that is meaningful with respect to the precision of a measurement
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Malay:
angka bererti
— a digit that is meaningful with respect to the precision of a measurement
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Portuguese:
algarismo significativo
— a digit that is meaningful with respect to the precision of a measurement
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Vietnamese:
chữ số có nghĩa
— a digit that is meaningful with respect to the precision of a measurement
