significant figures

plural noun

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
the number of such figures Compare decimal place
3.142 has four significant figures

The result, A Life in Music, is an intensely erudite look at one of the most culturally significant figures of the 20th century.

Modern usage, however, regards all figures between the two extreme significant figures as significant, even when some are zero.

David almost breaks me down under the weight of his strong and significant figures.

As significant figures, we shall be of more value in the world, be happier ourselves, and make others happier.

(ii) A number can be correct to so many significant figures.

Solve the equation obtaining the values of the roots correct to three significant figures.

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