English Explanatory Dictionary

digital

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having to do with digits (fingers or toes); especially, performed with a finger.
  2. Property of representing values as discrete, often binary, numbers rather than a continuous spectrum.
  3. Of or relating to computers or the Information Age.
noun
  1. A digital option.
  2. Digital equipment or technology.
  3. Ellipsis of digital watch.
  4. Ellipsis of digital art.
  5. Any of the keys of a piano or similar instrument.
  6. A finger.

Pronunciation

/ˈdɪd͡ʒɪtl̩/ en-us-digital.ogg

Word forms

digital digitals

Etymology

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

Synonyms

computerized electronic digitized virtual

Antonyms

nondigital undigital analog analogue continuous

Related words

digitalis digitality digitate digitigrade

Derived words

analog-to-digital converter asymmetric digital subscriber line bidigital biodigital born digital digerati digilante digipeater digiscope digital addiction digital age digital amnesia digital audio digital audio workstation digital autism digital backlot digital blackface digital brownshirt digital camera digital cash digital certificate digital clock digital commons digital computer digital converter box digital courage digital currency digital dark age digital decay digital detox digital direct marketing digital distribution digital divide digital electronics digital exhaust digital footprint digital forensics digital gap digital garden digital gardening digital ghost digital gold digital good digital graffiti digital handcuffs digital hardcore digital health digital highway digital hoarding digital humanities digitalia digital image digital immigrant digital ink digitalise digitalism digital library digitally digital media digital medicine
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