noun

digit

digit, figure, numeral

The number 345 has three digits.

The number 345 has three digits.

Please enter your four-digit PIN.

Please enter your four-digit PIN.

a ((number))-digit number a number with a specific number of digits Please enter your four-digit PIN.

Synonyms: numeral, figure, number

From Latin 'digitus' meaning 'finger', because people originally counted on their fingers.

Think of your ten digits (fingers) which you use to count the ten digits (0-9).

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