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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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Medical Dictionary

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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Medical Dictionary

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.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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Computing Dictionary

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)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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