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
And with so many significant figures in the history of the nation tracing their roots back to the island of Ireland, many familiar faces will be vying to be on the guest list.
From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2025
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
Byron and Schopenhauer are significant figures, both born in the same year, only eighteen years later than the great Three of 1770, Wordsworth, Hegel, and Beethoven.
From Recent Developments in European Thought by Various
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