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digital en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈdɪd͡ʒɪtl̩/
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin digitālis, from digitus (“finger, toe”) + -alis (“-al”), equivalent to digit + -al. Doublet of digitalis.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Having to do with digits (fingers or toes); especially, performed with a finger.
    • digital palpation
    • digital examination
  2. (not-comparable) Property of representing values as discrete, often binary, numbers rather than a continuous spectrum.
    • 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. 2013 July-August, Catherine Clabby, “Focus on Everything”, in American Scientist:
    • 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. 2017 October 14, “DIGITAL MULTIMETER M-1000E”, in Elenco, page 4:
    • digital computer
    • digital clock
  3. (not-comparable) Of or relating to computers or the Information Age.
    • Digital payment systems are replacing cash transactions.
    • Near-synonyms: computerized, electronic, digitized, virtual

Antonyms

continuous (antonym(s) of “representing discrete values”) · analogue (antonym(s) of “representing discrete values”) · undigital · nondigital · analog (antonym(s) of “representing discrete values”)

Coordinates

fingerlike · dactylo- · online · toelike

Deriveds

digital twin · digital root · time-to-digital converter · digital-to-analog converter · subdigital · digital direct marketing · digital hardcore · digital audio workstation · digital pad · digital health · digital fatigue · digital still camera · time stretch analog-to-digital converter · digital service provider · non-digital · digital signature · digital PR · digital addiction · sexdigital · digital rupee · digital graffiti · digital press · digital footprint · digital single-lens reflex camera · digital versatile disc · born digital · digipeater · digital clock · digital rights management · digital highway · digital amnesia · digital target · globital · digerati · digital weapon · digital single-lens reflex · predigital · oculodigital · digital dark age · digital gold · polydigital · digitalize · personal digital assistant · digitalia · integrated services digital network · digital medicine · digital overhead · digital slow motion · digital camera · digital library · digital gap · digital watermark · digital video disc · digital picking · digital nomad · digital immigrant · postdigital · digital converter box · infradigital · tridigital · interdigitally · digital ink · digital detox · digital thermometer · digital remastering · monodigital · digital meter · pandigital · digital paper · bidigital · digitize · digital subscriber line · digital decay · digital watch · interdigital · lacrimoauriculodentodigital · odonto-tricho-ungual-digital-palmar syndrome · digital courage · homodigital · digital audio · digital age · digital restrictions management · post-digital · digizine · digital computer · digital certificate · digital shadow · digital storage · digital on-screen graphic · digital-asset treasury company · digital commons · extradigital · digital good · digital hoarding · digitalness · digitalization · tradigital · digital picture frame · digitextuality · peridigital · digital pre-distortion · orofaciodigital · digital transformation · digital distribution · digital ghost · digital media · digiterati · digital forensics · digital autism · digital sharecropping · digital currency · digitron · analog-to-digital converter · digital blackface · phygital · digital wallet · digital video recorder · digital poverty · digiscope · digital handcuffs · digital garden · oculodentodigital · digital backlot · digital exhaust · digital television · digital scarcity · digitally · digital image · digital piano · digital humanities · digital gardening · digital predistortion · digital photo frame · digital stimulation · digital nomadism · asymmetric digital subscriber line · biodigital · digital video · digital brownshirt · digital native · digital electronics · digital signal · digitalism · digilante · digital cash · digitalise · digital divide · digital pet · digital mind

Descendants

ดิจิทัล · دیجیتال · رقمي · ди́джитал

Relateds

digitalis · digitate · digitigrade · digitality

Synonyms

computerized · digitized · virtual · electronic

Translations (146)

af digitaal (representing discrete values) · cy digidol (of or relating to computers) · sw kidijitali (of or relating to computers) · mi matihiko (of or relating to computers) · sv numerisk (of or relating to computers) · fr numérique (of or relating to computers) · bg ци́фров (representing discrete values) · ru пальцево́й (having to do or performed with a finger) · cs diskrétní (representing discrete values) · uk пальцьови́й (having to do or performed with a finger) · el δακτυλικός (having to do or performed with a finger) · sh ди̏гита̄лнӣ (of or relating to computers) · pt digital (representing discrete values) · pl cyfrowy (of or relating to computers) · gd figearail (representing discrete values) · pt digital (of or relating to computers) · be лі́чбавы (of or relating to computers) · ja デジタル (representing discrete values) · eo diĝita (representing discrete values) · gl dixital (representing discrete values) · sl digitalen (of or relating to computers) · pl palcowy (having to do or performed with a finger) · nrf digital (of or relating to computers) · fi digitaalinen (of or relating to computers) · lo ດິຈິຕອນ (of or relating to computers) · ar رَقْمِيّ (representing discrete values) · sh dȉgitālnī (of or relating to computers) · mk дигитален (representing discrete values) · cmn 數字 /数字 (of or relating to computers) · cs počítačový (of or relating to computers) · ro numeric (of or relating to computers) · az digital (of or relating to computers) · cs digitální (having to do or performed with a finger) · af digitaal (of or relating to computers) · tr dijital (representing discrete values) · is stafrænt (representing discrete values) · sv diskret (of or relating to computers) · da digital (of or relating to computers) · sh прстни (having to do or performed with a finger) · nl digitaal (of or relating to computers) · gl dixital (having to do or performed with a finger) · ka ციფრული (of or relating to computers) · nl discreet (representing discrete values) · ka ციფრული (representing discrete values) · sv digital (representing discrete values) · gv bun-earrooagh (of or relating to computers) · bg на пръ́стите (having to do or performed with a finger) · fr numérique (representing discrete values) · cs digitální (of or relating to computers) · es digital (having to do or performed with a finger) · de digital (having to do or performed with a finger) · az rəqəmsal (of or relating to computers) · ko 디지털 (representing discrete values) · cs číslicový (representing discrete values) · es digital (representing discrete values) · el ψηφιακός (representing discrete values) · es dactilar (having to do or performed with a finger) · uk цифрови́й (representing discrete values) · th ดิจิทัล (of or relating to computers) · fi sormi- (having to do or performed with a finger) · ca digital (of or relating to computers) · be цыфравы́ (of or relating to computers) · de digital (representing discrete values) · ro digital (of or relating to computers) · hu digitális (representing discrete values) · sh znamenčani (representing discrete values) · fi numeerinen (representing discrete values) · cmn 數字 /数字 (representing discrete values) · fa رقمی (of or relating to computers) · sh digitalni (representing discrete values) · it discreto (representing discrete values) · arz ديچيتال (representing discrete values) · be цыфравы́ (representing discrete values) · mk дигитален (of or relating to computers) · eo cifereca (representing discrete values) · vi số (of or relating to computers) · sh znamčani (representing discrete values) · lad dijital (of or relating to computers) · he דיגיטאלי (representing discrete values) · sl prsten (having to do or performed with a finger) · vi số (representing discrete values) · nl vinger- (having to do or performed with a finger) · hi डिजिटल (of or relating to computers) · uk цифрови́й (of or relating to computers) · bg пръ́стов (having to do or performed with a finger) · an dichital (of or relating to computers) · he דיגיטאלי (of or relating to computers) · fa دیجیتال (representing discrete values) · it digitale (having to do or performed with a finger) · af diskreet (representing discrete values) · ms digital (of or relating to computers) · eo fingra (having to do or performed with a finger) · id digital (of or relating to computers) · ca digital (having to do or performed with a finger) · it digitale (of or relating to computers) · el ψηφιακός (of or relating to computers) · sh prstni (having to do or performed with a finger) · fr digital (of or relating to computers) · hi डिजिटल (representing discrete values) · ky санарип (of or relating to computers) · ar رَقْمِيّ (of or relating to computers) · hy թվային (representing discrete values) · sk digitálny (of or relating to computers) · bg ци́фров (of or relating to computers) · de Finger- (having to do or performed with a finger) · cs digitální (representing discrete values) · sk digitálny (having to do or performed with a finger) · hy թվային (of or relating to computers) · bg дигита́лен (of or relating to computers) · mk дигитален (having to do or performed with a finger) · pt digital (having to do or performed with a finger) · ru цифрово́й (representing discrete values) · fr digital (having to do or performed with a finger) · fa دیجیتال (of or relating to computers) · es digital (of or relating to computers) · hi डिजिटल (having to do or performed with a finger) · gv bun-earrooagh (representing discrete values) · ar إِصْبَعِيّ (having to do or performed with a finger) · ru цифрово́й (of or relating to computers) · eo cifereca (of or relating to computers) · sv digital (of or relating to computers) · fi digitaalinen (representing discrete values) · it digitale (representing discrete values) · bg дигита́лен (representing discrete values) · it informatico (of or relating to computers) · ca digital (representing discrete values) · fa رقمی (representing discrete values) · nb digital (of or relating to computers) · nn digital (of or relating to computers) · ja デジタル (of or relating to computers) · af vinger- (having to do or performed with a finger) · de digital (of or relating to computers) · ky санариптик (of or relating to computers) · be пальцавы́ (having to do or performed with a finger) · fr digital (representing discrete values) · sv diskret (representing discrete values) · arz ديچيتال (of or relating to computers) · gl dixital (of or relating to computers) · ko 디지털 (of or relating to computers) · hu digitális (of or relating to computers) · ro digital (having to do or performed with a finger) · pl cyfrowy (representing discrete values) · ro digital (representing discrete values) · sv numerisk (representing discrete values) · be лі́чбавы (representing discrete values) · fi tietokone- (of or relating to computers)

digital en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈdɪd͡ʒɪtl̩/
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin digitālis, from digitus (“finger, toe”) + -alis (“-al”), equivalent to digit + -al. Doublet of digitalis.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A digital option.
  2. (uncountable) Digital equipment or technology.
    • He moved to digital for the first time, using a Sony camera.
  3. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of digital watch.
    • Initially, traditional watchmakers could not see much future in digitals. 2000, Amy Glasmeier, Manufacturing Time, page 209:
  4. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal, uncountable) Ellipsis of digital art.
  5. (countable, uncountable) Any of the keys of a piano or similar instrument.
    • 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, […] c.1920?, Annie Jessy Gregg Curwen, The Teacher's Guide to Mrs. Curwen's Pianoforte Method (The Child Pianist)
  6. (colloquial, countable, humorous, uncountable) A finger.
    • […] with grave complacency wiggles his digitals, and turns away with a scornful smile playing upon his countenance. 1855, North Carolina University Magazine, volume 3, page 23:
    • […] 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 […] 1853, Yankee Notions, volume 2, page 137:

Forms

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digitals Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

traditional