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Noun: significant digit
  1. 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)
    - significant figure

Derived forms: significant digits

Type of: digit, figure

Encyclopedia: Significant digit

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