1. digital(a = adj.pert) - displaying numbers rather than scale positions; "digital clock"; "digital readout"
2. digital(a = adj.pert) - relating to or performed with the fingers; "digital examination"
Derived form noun digit3
3. digital(a = adj.all) - of a circuit or device that represents magnitudes in digits; "digital computer"
Antonym: analogue
digital, adj.
1 of or using a digit or digits.
2 (of a clock, watch, etc.) that gives a reading by means of displayed digits instead of hands.
3 (of a computer) operating on data represented as a series of usu. binary digits or in similar discrete form.
4 a (of a recording) with sound-information represented in digits for more reliable transmission. b (of a recording medium) using this process.
Idiom:
digital audio tape magnetic tape on which sound is recorded digitally. digital to analog converter Computing a device for converting digital values to analog form.
Derivative:
digitalize v.tr. (also -ise). digitally adv.
Etymology:
L digitalis (as DIGIT)
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