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dig⋅it⋅al

  [dij-i-tl]
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–adjective
1. of or pertaining to a digit or finger.
2. resembling a digit or finger.
3. manipulated with a finger or the fingertips: a digital switch.
4. displaying a readout in digital form: a digital speedometer.
5. having digits or digitlike parts.
6. of, pertaining to, or using data in the form of numerical digits.
7. Computers. involving or using numerical digits expressed in a scale of notation to represent discretely all variables occurring in a problem.
8. of, pertaining to, or using numerical calculations.
9. available in electronic form; readable and manipulable by computer.
–noun
10. one of the keys or finger levers of keyboard instruments.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < L digitālis, equiv. to digit(us) (see digit ) + -ālis -al 1

Related forms:
dig⋅it⋅al⋅ly, adverb
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dig·i·tal   (dĭj'ĭ-tl)   
adj.  
    1. Relating to, or resembling a digit, especially a finger.
    2. Operated or done with the fingers: a digital switch.
    3. Having digits.
    4. Relating to or being a device that can generate, record, process, receive, transmit, or display information that is represented in discrete numerical form.
    5. Relating to or being a service that provides information expressed in discrete numerical form: We subscribe to digital cable.
  2. Expressed in discrete numerical form, especially for use by a computer or other electronic device: digital information.
  3. Electronics
    1. Relating to or being a device that can generate, record, process, receive, transmit, or display information that is represented in discrete numerical form.
    2. Relating to or being a service that provides information expressed in discrete numerical form: We subscribe to digital cable.
  4. Relating to or being a profession or activity that is performed using digital devices: a digital librarian; digital photography.
  5. Using or giving a reading in digits: a digital clock.
  6. Characterized by widespread use of computers: living in the digital age.
n.  A key played with the finger, as on a piano.
dig'i·tal·ly adv.
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Digital

Dig"i*tal\, a. [L. digitals.] Of or performance to the fingers, or to digits; done with the fingers; as, digital compression; digital examination.
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Language Translation for : digital
Spanish: digital,
German: Digital-…,
Japanese: デジタル型の
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Main Entry: dig·i·tal
Pronunciation: 'dij-&t-&l
Function: adjective
1 : of, relating to, or supplying one or morefingers or toes digital branch of an artery>
2 : done with a finger digital rectal examination> —dig·i·tal·ly /-E/ adverb
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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digital dig·i·tal (dĭj'ĭ-tl)
adj.

  1. Of or resembling a finger or toe or an impression made by them.
  2. Done or performed with a finger.
dig'i·tal·ly adv.

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digital   (dĭj'ĭ-tl)  Pronunciation Key 
  1. Anatomy Relating to or resembling a digit, especially a finger.
  2. Computer Science Representing or operating on data or information in numerical form. A digital clock uses a series of changing digits to represent time at discrete intervals, for example, every second. Modern computers rely on digital processing techniques, in which both data and the instructions for manipulating data are represented as binary numbers. Compare analog. See also logic gate.

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Digital company
Common abbreviation for Digital Equipment Corporation.
(1995-12-18)

digital data
A description of data which is stored or transmitted as a sequence of discrete symbols from a finite set, most commonly this means binary data represented using electronic or electromagnetic signals.
The opposite is analogue.
(1998-10-28)

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