Definition:Digit/Also known as
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Definition
A digit can also be known as a figure, especially in natural language.
Hence the phrase to figure (something) out, which has the overtone of calculation by arithmetic.
An outdated term for a digit is cipher, also spelt cypher.
Sources
- 1989: Ephraim J. Borowski and Jonathan M. Borwein: Dictionary of Mathematics ... (previous) ... (next): digit
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): figure: 3.
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): figure: 3.
- 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): figure (in number)