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significant figure > noun, quantity
MeaningAny digit of a number that is known with certainty. Any digit of a number beginning with the leftmost non-zero digit and ending with the rightmost non-zero digit (or a zero considered to be the exact value).
Examples"he calculated the answer to four significant figures"
Synonymssignificant digit
Broaderdigit, figure

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