digital

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective displaying numbers rather than scale positions
  2. adjective relating to or performed with the fingers
  3. adjective of a circuit or device that represents magnitudes in digits

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin digitālis, from digitus (“finger, toe”) + -alis (“-al”), equivalent to digit + -al. Doublet of digitalis.

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