| 单词 | significant digits |
| 释义 | significant digitsplural noun Mathematics.all the nonzero digits of a number and the zeros that are included between them or that are final zeros and signify accuracy: The significant digits of 0.01230 are 1, 2, 3, and the final 0, which signifies accuracy to five places. Also called significant figures . Origin of significant digitsFirst recorded in 1920–25 Words nearby significant digitssignificance, significance level, significance test, significancy, significant, significant digits, significant figures, significant other, significant symbol, signification, significative Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Scientific definitions for significant digitssignificant digits [ sĭg-nĭf′ĭ-kənt ] The digits in a decimal number that are warranted by the accuracy of the means of measurement. Significant digits are all the numbers beginning with the leftmost nonzero digit, or beginning with the first digit after the decimal point if there are no nonzero digits to the left of the decimal point, and extending to the right. For example, 302, 3.20, and 0.023 all have three significant digits. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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