in astronomy, the twelfth part of the diameter of the sun or moon, used to express the quantity of an eclipse. Thus an eclipse is said to be of six digits, when five of these parts are hid.

DIGITS, or Monades, in arithmetic, signify any integer under 10; as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.

Digit is also a measure taken from the breadth of the finger. It is properly ¼ths of an inch, and contains the measure of four barley-corns laid breadthwise.