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significant digits
plural noun
, Mathematics.
- all the nonzero digits of a number and the zeros that are included between them or that are final zeros and signify accuracy:
The significant digits of 0.01230 are 1, 2, 3, and the final 0, which signifies accuracy to five places.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of significant digits1
First recorded in 1920–25
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