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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
digital
 
SYLLABICATION:dig·i·tal
PRONUNCIATION:  dj-tl
ADJECTIVE:1. Of, relating to, or resembling a digit, especially a finger. 2. Operated or done with the fingers: a digital switch. 3. Having digits. 4. Expressed in numerical form, especially for use by a computer. 5. Computer Science Of or relating to a device that can read, write, or store information that is represented in numerical form. See Usage Note at virtual. 6. Using or giving a reading in digits: a digital clock.
NOUN: A key played with the finger, as on a piano.
OTHER FORMS:digi·tal·lyADVERB
 
 
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