| 单词 | significant figure |
| 释义 | > as lemmassignificant figure b. Mathematics. Of a digit: giving meaningful information about the precision of the number in which it is contained, rather than simply filling vacant places at the beginning or end. Esp. in significant figure, significant digit.The more precisely a number is known, the more significant figures it has. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > mathematical notation or symbol > [noun] > figure rimeeOE figure?c1225 numberc1300 digit?a1400 digitalc1450 cipher1530 term1552 terminus?a1560 significant figure1614 small figuresa1652 numeral1654 monasa1690 binary digit1796 nomial1828 supplement1868 the world > relative properties > number > mathematical notation or symbol > [noun] > notation of arithmetical significance significant figure1614 significant digit1857 placeholder1928 the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > [adjective] > with respect to size smallc1400 long1712 numerical1812 fifty1819 normed1935 significant1962 1614 W. Bedwell De Numeris Geometricis iii. 41 If the first figure (the last, some peraduenture would call it) of the number giuen be a significant figure, then it is manifest, that ouer and aboue certaine akers, &c. there are some odde perches. 1706 W. Jones Synopsis Palmariorum Matheseos 22 Multiply the Significant Figures by the former Rules, and annex to the Product as many Cyphers. 1798 C. Hutton Course Math. I. 4 The first nine are called Significant Figures, as distinguished from the cipher, which is quite insignificant of itself. 1857 T. Gibson Kavanagh's Arithm. (ed. 5) 220 All numbers having the same significant digits, have the decimal parts of their logs alike. 1938 A. E. Waugh Elements Statist. Method ii. 8 If we are told that the distance is 1000·00 miles, there are six significant figures, since it was not necessary to put in the zeros to locate the decimal point. 1962 C. Bell et al. Fund. Arith. for Teachers xv. 231 If a measurement is expressed as a natural number, it is not always possible to determine the number of significant digits. 2006 W. R. Tschinkel Fire Ants iv. 413 We can determine queen weight to four significant figures on our high-priced millibalance. < as lemmas |
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