significant digits
noun[plural]
mathematicsUSspecializedus/sɪɡˌnɪf.ɪ.kənt ˈdɪdʒ.ɪts/uk/sɪɡˌnɪf.ɪ.kənt ˈdɪdʒ.ɪts/(UKsignificant figures)thenumbersused to write anumberto be asexactas isneeded:
2.3945 to twosignificantdigitsis 2.4.
Numbers generally
- antilogarithm
- Arabic numeral
- C, c
- constant
- D, d
- I, i
- infinity
- L, l
- log
- logarithm
- logarithmic
- N, n
- number
- ordinal
- quantitative
- Roman numeral
- serial number
- V, v
- variable
- whole number