digital

[ dij-i-tl ]

/ ˈdɪdʒ ɪ tl /

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adjective

displaying a readout in numerical digits rather than by a pointer or hands on a dial: a digital speedometer; a digital watch.

of, relating to, or using numerical calculations.

of, relating to, or using data in the form of numerical digits: a digital image; digital devices.

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.

available in electronic form; readable and manipulable by computer: Scan these two pages so you'll have them as a digital document.

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.

of or relating to a digit or finger.

resembling a digit or finger.

manipulated with a finger or the fingertips: a digital switch.

having fingers or digitlike parts.

noun

one of the keys or finger levers of keyboard instruments.

Origin of digital

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin digitālis, equivalent to digit(us) (see digit) + -ālis -al¹

OTHER WORDS FROM digital

dig·it·al·ly, adverb in·ter·dig·i·tal, adjective in·ter·dig·i·tal·ly, adverb post·dig·i·tal, adjective

pre·dig·i·tal, adjective

Words nearby digital

diggings, dight, digibox, digicam, digit, digital, digital audio tape, digital audiodisk, digital audiotape, digital badge, digital camera

Example sentences from the Web for digital

The digital dating sphere can prove tricky, and bruising, for the trans user.

Grindr’s Trans Dating Problem |David Levesley |January 9, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
Consider, too, that in this digital age, making something public is not only easier but has greater reach.

Public Marriage Proposals Must Die |Tauriq Moosa |December 28, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
I was, she diagnosed, half joking and half horrified, a “digital hoarder.”

I’m a Digital Hoarder |Lizzie Crocker |December 17, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
But in the Digital Age, we're at risk of a new type of hoarding that is equally problematic.

I’m a Digital Hoarder |Lizzie Crocker |December 17, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

How has your experience been shaped by digital encounters and the social web?

The Unbearable Whiteness of Protesting |Rawiya Kameir, Judnick Mayard |December 10, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Here, however, we have the combined influence of the preference for the odd over the even and the digital sequence.

Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, April 1899 |Various
The fact that I can do so with digital files is not a bug, it's a feature, and a damned fine one.

Little Brother |Cory Doctorow
At the fetlock it is placed immediately above the digital artery, but afterwards takes up a position directly behind that vessel.

Diseases of the Horse's Foot |Harry Caulton Reeks
If he had been a few years older, he might not have turned so readily to his thumb as a starting-point for any digital count.

The Number Concept |Levi Leonard Conant
Behind or inside the word processor, as behind any digital processing machine, are standardized components.

The Civilization of Illiteracy |Mihai Nadin

British Dictionary definitions for digital

digital

/ (ˈdɪdʒɪtəl) /

adjective

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

performed with the fingers

representing data as a series of numerical values

displaying information as numbers rather than by a pointer moving over a dial a digital voltmeter; digital read-out

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

a less common word for digitate

noun

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

Derived forms of digital

digitally, adverb

Medical definitions for digital

digital

[ dĭj′ĭ-tl ]

adj.

Of or resembling a finger or toe or an impression made by them.

Done or performed with a finger.

Other words from digital

dig′i•tal•ly adv.

Scientific definitions for digital

digital

[ dĭj′ĭ-tl ]

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

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. Compare analog. See also logic gate.

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