significant figures
Britishplural noun
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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
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the number of such figures Compare decimal place
3.142 has four significant figures
Example Sentences
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Shortly after the bill’s contents were released on Wednesday, many significant figures in the college-sports industry offered their thoughts.
From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026
“Preppy dressing is back. The old money vibe is back, the obsession with Carolyn Bessette,” said Alt, who made her name selling apartments that often belonged to artists and other significant figures.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025
One of the most significant figures of the devolution era will leave the Senedd in 2026.
From BBC • Sep. 8, 2024
That said, one of club’s most significant figures was a bartender who made culinary history there a century ago.
From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2024
Truly Adrian is one of the most grotesque and significant figures upon the page of modern history.
From The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti by Symonds, John Addington
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