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SIGNIFICANT FIGURE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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)
Example:
he calculated the answer to four significant figures
Synonyms:
significant digit; significant figure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("significant figure" is a kind of...):
digit; figure (one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration)
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