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Significant digit

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significant figurenoun(mathematics) 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.
precisionnoun(loosely) The state of being precise or exact; especially, both exact and accurate.
mantissanoun(mathematics, computing) The significand; that part of a floating-point number or number in scientific notation that contains its significant digits.
digit sumnoun(mathematics, of a positive integer) The sum of all digits.
digital rootnoun(mathematics) The single digit obtained from a number by repetitive digitaddition
scientific notationnoun(mathematics) a method of writing, or of displaying real numbers as a decimal number between 1 and 10 followed by an integer power of 10
whole numbernoun(mathematics) A positive integer or zero.
bignumnoun(by extension, computing slang) A very large number.
figurate numbernoun(mathematics, number theory) A number equal to the number of dots in a geometric figure formed of dots. The series begins with unity and is formed so that subtracting each from the following, and treating the series so formed in the same way, by a continuation of the process, yields equal differences.
abbreviated numbernounA number which has had significant figures omitted beyond a certain point to make calculations easier; rounded number.
repdigitnoun(recreational mathematics) A number composed only of one or more occurrences of one specific digit and no other digit.
odd numbernoun(mathematics) Any integer that produces a noninteger when divided by two. (This entry is a translation hub.)
signumnounA sign, mark, or symbol.
numericOf or relating to numbers, especially the characters 0 to 9.
radix pointnoun(mathematics) The character used to separate the integer and fractional part of a number in a digital representation of a number, regardless of the base used.
factorionnoun(mathematics) A number that is equal to the sum of the factorials of its digits.
magnitudenoun(uncountable, countable) The absolute or relative size, extent or importance of something.
multiplicative numeralnoun(grammar) Synonym of multiplicative number.
nude numbernoun(mathematics) A positive integer that is divisible by every one of its digits.
signum functionnoun(mathematics) The function that determines the sign of a real number, yielding −1 if negative, +1 if positive, or otherwise zero.

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