digit
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
digit /ˈdɪdʒɪt/
▶noun
- 1 any of the numerals from 0 to 9, especially when forming part of a number.
- 2 a finger or thumb.
■ Zoology a finger, thumb, or toe.
– origin ME: from L. digitus ‘finger, toe’.
'digit' also found in these Oxford entries:
bastard wing
- bit
- checksum
- claw
- decimal place
- hallux
- interdigitate
- nought
- oversampling
- pollex
- significant figure
- thumb
- Unicode
- unit
