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significant digits
noun Mathematics.
all the nonzero digits of a number and the zeros that are included between them or that are final zeros and signify accuracy: The significant digits of 0.01230 are 1, 2, 3, and the final 0, which signifies accuracy to five places.
Also called significant figures.
Origin:
1920–25
1920–25
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Significant digits
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| a proportion containing terms of which an increase in one results in a decrease in another |
| the smallest number that is a common multiple of a given set of numbers |
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World English Dictionary
| significant figures or esp (US) significant digits | |
| —pl n | |
| 1. | the figures of a number that express a magnitude to a specified degree of accuracy, rounding up or down the final figure: 3.141 59 to four significant figures is 3.142 |
| 2. | Compare decimal place the number of such figures: 3.142 has four significant figures |
| significant digits or esp (US) significant digits | |
| —pl n | |
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Science Dictionary
significant digits  (sĭg-nĭf'ĭ-kənt) Pronunciation Key
The digits in a decimal number that are warranted by the accuracy of the means of measurement. Significant digits are all the numbers beginning with the leftmost nonzero digit, or beginning with the first digit after the decimal point if there are no nonzero digits to the left of the decimal point, and extending to the right. For example, 302, 3.20, and 0.023 all have three significant digits. |
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