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DIGITS

Volume 8 · 57 words · 1842 Edition

or Monades, in Arithmetic, signify any integer under ten; as, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and by means of which all numbers are expressed.

DIGIT is also a measure taken from the breadth of the finger. It is properly three fourths of an inch, and contains the measure of four barleycorns laid breadthwise.