| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | dig·it |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  d j t |
| NOUN: | 1a. A human finger or toe. b. A corresponding part in other vertebrates. 2. A unit of length derived from the breadth of a finger and equal to about 3/4 of an inch (2.0 centimeters). 3a. One of the ten Arabic number symbols, 0 through 9. b. Such a symbol used in a system of numeration. | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Latin digitus, finger, toe. See deik- in Appendix I.
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