digital
Pronunciation: /ˈdɪd͡ʒɪtl̩/
The English word “digital” has 7 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Having to do with digits (fingers or toes); especially, performed with a finger.
- Property of representing values as discrete, often binary, numbers rather than a continuous spectrum.
- Of or relating to computers or the Information Age.
noun
- A digital option.
- Digital equipment or technology.
- Any of the keys of a piano or similar instrument.
- A finger.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin digitālis, from digitus (“finger, toe”) + -alis (“-al”), equivalent to digit + -al. Doublet of digitalis.
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