digital — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Having to do with digits (fingers or toes); especially, performed with a finger.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

   Examples

   digital palpation

   digital examination

2. Property of representing values as discrete, often binary, numbers rather than a continuous spectrum.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

   Examples

   digital computer

   digital clock

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   Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus.[…]A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that. Developed as a tool to electronically combine the sharpest bits of multiple digital images, focus stacking is a boon to biologists seeking full focus on a micron scale.

   This meter is a 3½ digit digital multimeter that is rugged, reliable and convenient to use, while providing all of the accuracy and features needed for any application.

3. Of or relating to computers or the Information Age.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

   Synonyms

   computerizedelectronicdigitizedvirtual

   Examples

   Near-synonyms: computerized, electronic, digitized, virtual

   Digital payment systems are replacing cash transactions.

Noun

1. A digital option.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

2. Digital equipment or technology.

   Usage

   • Uncountable

   Examples

   He moved to digital for the first time, using a Sony camera.

3. Any of the keys of a piano or similar instrument.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Examples

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   Beginning with the keyboard, direct attention to the grouping of the black digitals, and show that though at the outer edge of the keyboard the white digitals look as if they were all equally close neighbours, yet, […]

4. A finger.

   Usage

   • Colloquial
   • Countable
   • Humorous
   • Uncountable

   Examples

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   […] turning round as he reached the door, he placed his digitals in close proximity to his proboscis, saying—“I guess there an't anything green about this child!' and left the Professor in utter astonishment […]

   […] with grave complacency wiggles his digitals, and turns away with a scornful smile playing upon his countenance.

Adjective

1. displaying numbers rather than scale positions

   Examples

   digital clock

   digital readout

2. relating to or performed with the fingers

   Examples

   digital examination

3. of a circuit or device that represents magnitudes in digits

   Antonyms

   analogue

   Examples

   digital computer