1. One of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration
   "0 and 1 are digits";
   - figure
    
2. A finger or toe in human beings or corresponding body part in other vertebrates
   "She counted ten digits on her newborn's hands";
   - dactyl
    
3. The length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure
   "The carpenter marked the wood at intervals of one digit";
   - finger, fingerbreadth, finger's breadth

Derived forms: digits

Type of: appendage, extremity, integer, linear measure, linear unit, member, whole number

Part of: craniate, vertebrate

Encyclopedia: Digit