digital

American  

[dij-i-tl] / ˈdɪdʒ ɪ tl /

adjective

1. displaying a readout in numerical digits rather than by a pointer or hands on a dial.

   a digital speedometer;

   a digital watch.

2. of, relating to, or using numerical calculations.

3. of, relating to, or using data in the form of numerical digits.

   a digital image;

   digital devices.

4. 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.

5. available in electronic form; readable and manipulable by computer.

   Scan these two pages so you'll have them as a digital document.

6. 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.

7. of or relating to a digit or finger.

8. resembling a digit or finger.

9. manipulated with a finger or the fingertips.

   a digital switch.

10. having fingers or digitlike parts.

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noun

1. one of the keys or finger levers of keyboard instruments.

digital British  

/ ˈdɪdʒɪtəl /

adjective

1. of, relating to, resembling, or possessing a digit or digits

2. performed with the fingers

3. representing data as a series of numerical values

4. displaying information as numbers rather than by a pointer moving over a dial

   a digital voltmeter

   digital read-out

5. electronics responding to discrete values of input voltage and producing discrete output voltage levels, as in a logic circuit

   digital circuit

6. a less common word for digitate

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noun

1. music one of the keys on the manuals of an organ or on a piano, harpsichord, etc

digital Scientific  

/ dĭj′ĭ-tl /

1. Anatomy Relating to or resembling a digit, especially a finger.

2. 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.

3. Computer Science Compare analog See also logic gate

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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

On the emerging side of the artistic spectrum is Andrew J. Park, whose airbrush paintings at Anthony Gallery blend surrealism, nostalgia and outdated technology with cutting-edge digital advances.

From The Wall Street Journal

Now that digital technology allows them to separate where they live and pay taxes from where their businesses operate, they aren’t relocating their companies.

From The Wall Street Journal

Health care teams and policymakers are encouraged to provide long term support, including early check ins, team based care and digital tools that improve access.

From Science Daily

But my real and digital lives are now filled with women explaining, in excruciating detail, what I should do to strengthen my skeleton.

From The Wall Street Journal

"We want to achieve efficiency gains through competitive service levels and targeted digitalisation, and we will also significantly reduce our overall workforce in the digital sector."

From Barron's

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