Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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significant digit | Yes | No | No | No |
significant figure | Yes | No | No | No |
significant digit (noun) | significant figure (noun) |
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any digit of a number that is known with certainty; any digit of a number beginning with the leftmost non-zero digit and ending with the rightmost non-zero digit (or a zero considered to be the exact value) | any digit of a number that is known with certainty; any digit of a number beginning with the leftmost non-zero digit and ending with the rightmost non-zero digit (or a zero considered to be the exact value) |