Thesaurus results for DIGIT

digit

noun

ˈdi-jət

Definition of digit

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 Already this week, the Gann Fire east of Stockton has burned over 10,300 acres as of Thursday evening amid triple-digit heat, dry conditions and lots of fuel in a location that hasn’t had a wildfire in decades. — Sean MacAday, Sacbee.com, 7 Aug. 2026 Multiple products, discounts, loyalty offers and sales taxes make the final digits of a basket difficult to predict from any one price ending. — Brian Delp, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 Much of the Bay Area is set to see sizzling summer weather this weekend as temperatures hit the triple digits, but coastal areas will mostly avoid the swelter with much more temperate conditions. — Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2026 Top down with the windows raised and the quirky wind deflector deployed, the cockpit is a wonderful place to be, and one that’s almost completely devoid of turbulence—even at near triple-digit speeds. — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 7 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for digit

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While daytime staffing at its Sharp Mesa Vista behavioral health hospital already meets requirements, overnight shifts have been managed based on the number of patients in beds and on the severity of their illnesses.

— Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026
Quansah went with Jurgen Klopp’s squad to a training camp in Germany and then joined the travelling party to Singapore, mainly to make up the numbers in training and for the two friendlies played on the trip.

— James Pearce, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2026

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Nvidia’s internal testing claims a slight performance edge over AMD’s current server chips in integer workloads.

— Steve McDowell, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Python, for example, is a popular programming language that is famously smooth at handling integers of any size.

— Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 13 July 2026

Definition of integer

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