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 Pressing it removes the last digit from your input: 48.375 becomes 48.37, then 48.3, and so on. Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2024 Dangerous, record-breaking heat is ongoing in the West, with the temperature in Phoenix reaching the triple digits every day for the last three weeks. Daniel Amarante, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2024 San Jose also tied a record for the number of consecutive days that the temperature broke 100 degrees in October, with the three days of Oct. 1 through Oct. 3 all hitting triple digits, Sarment said. Caelyn Pender, The Mercury News, 7 Oct. 2024 In November 2012, the set was also certified Diamond by the RIAA, the first new album to officially break eight digits in units shipped since Usher’s 2004 blockbuster Confessions. Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 15 Oct. 2024 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 21 Nov. 2024.

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