digital
Americanadjective
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displaying a readout in numerical digits rather than by a pointer or hands on a dial.
a digital speedometer;
a digital watch.
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of, relating to, or using numerical calculations.
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of, relating to, or using data in the form of numerical digits.
a digital image;
digital devices.
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involving or using numerical digits expressed in a scale of notation, usually in the binary system, to represent discretely all variables occurring in a problem.
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available in electronic form; readable and manipulable by computer.
Scan these two pages so you'll have them as a digital document.
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pertaining to, noting, or making use of computers and computerized technologies, including the internet.
We are living in an increasingly digital world.
Digital activism uses social media to achieve political reform.
His blog is a great example of digital journalism.
Digital technology has revolutionized the music industry.
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of or relating to a digit or finger.
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resembling a digit or finger.
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manipulated with a finger or the fingertips.
a digital switch.
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having fingers or digitlike parts.
noun
adjective
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of, relating to, resembling, or possessing a digit or digits
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performed with the fingers
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representing data as a series of numerical values
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displaying information as numbers rather than by a pointer moving over a dial
a digital voltmeter
digital read-out
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electronics responding to discrete values of input voltage and producing discrete output voltage levels, as in a logic circuit
digital circuit
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a less common word for digitate
noun
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Anatomy Relating to or resembling a digit, especially a finger.
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Computer Science Representing or operating on data or information in numerical form. A digital clock uses a series of changing digits to represent time at discrete intervals, for example, every second. Modern computers rely on digital processing techniques, in which both data and the instructions for manipulating data are represented as binary numbers.
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Computer Science Compare analog See also logic gate
Other Word Forms
- digitally adverb
- interdigital adjective
- interdigitally adverb
- postdigital adjective
- predigital adjective
Etymology
Origin of digital
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Latin digitālis, equivalent to digit(us) ( digit ) + -ālis -al 1
Example Sentences
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After rallying in early 2025, digital assets have surrendered much of the spotlight to the artificial-intelligence race, which sucked up investors’ capital and powered a third straight year of double-digit gains in stocks.
In addition, she helps oversee the digital production of the Journal's special sections, including leadership, small business, wealth management, personal finance, retirement, health, technology, energy and WSJ's College Rankings.
Before AI, technology known as optical character recognition could scan documents into a digital format.
From Barron's
The tax authority said digital services were the fastest way to access support on Saturday.
From BBC
Gen Z, a term used for those born between 1997 and 2012, often referred to as the first 'digital native' generation.
From BBC
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