digital
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowing from Latin digitālis, from digitus (“finger, toe”) + -alis (“-al”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
digital (not comparable)
- Having to do with digits (fingers or toes); performed with a finger.
- Property of representing values as discrete, usually binary, numbers rather than a continuous spectrum.
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2013 July-August, Catherine Clabby, “Focus on Everything”, in American Scientist:
- Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus. […] A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that. Developed as a tool to electronically combine the sharpest bits of multiple digital images, focus stacking is a boon to biologists seeking full focus on a micron scale.
- digital computer; digital clock
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- Of or relating to computers or the Information Age.
- Digital payment systems are replacing cash transactions.
Antonyms[edit]
- nondigital
- undigital
- (representing discrete values): analog, analogue, continuous
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Noun[edit]
digital (plural digitals)
- (finance) A digital option.
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowing from Latin digitālis. Doublet of didal, which was inherited.
Adjective[edit]
digital m, f (masculine and feminine plural digitals)
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowing from Latin digitālis. Doublet of dé.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
digital m (feminine singular digitale, masculine plural digitaux, feminine plural digitales)
- of or pertaining to fingers or toes
- digital
Usage notes[edit]
digital is occasionally used in French to describe display devices such as TV screens. Its use for other purposes is often criticised, because this use derives from English, and because digital more commonly has the first meaning above. See also numérique
External links[edit]
- “digital” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
digital (not comparable)
Declension[edit]
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist digital | sie ist digital | es ist digital | sie sind digital | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | digitaler | digitale | digitales | digitale |
| genitive | digitalen | digitaler | digitalen | digitaler | |
| dative | digitalem | digitaler | digitalem | digitalen | |
| accusative | digitalen | digitale | digitales | digitale | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der digitale | die digitale | das digitale | die digitalen |
| genitive | des digitalen | der digitalen | des digitalen | der digitalen | |
| dative | dem digitalen | der digitalen | dem digitalen | den digitalen | |
| accusative | den digitalen | die digitale | das digitale | die digitalen | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein digitaler | eine digitale | ein digitales | (keine) digitalen |
| genitive | eines digitalen | einer digitalen | eines digitalen | (keiner) digitalen | |
| dative | einem digitalen | einer digitalen | einem digitalen | (keinen) digitalen | |
| accusative | einen digitalen | eine digitale | ein digitales | (keine) digitalen | |
External links[edit]
- digital in Duden online
Norman[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowing from Latin digitālis, from digitus (“finger, toe”) + -ālis (“-al”).
Adjective[edit]
digital m
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin digitalis, via English digital.
Adjective[edit]
digital (neuter singular digitalt, definite singular and plural digitale)
References[edit]
- “digital” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin digitalis, via English digital
Adjective[edit]
digital (neuter singular digitalt, definite singular and plural digitale)
References[edit]
- “digital” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowing from Latin digitālis. Doublet of dedal, which was inherited.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
digital m, f (plural digitais, comparable)
- digital; having to do with the fingers or toes
- dealing with discrete values rather than a continuous spectrum of values
- dealing with the display of numerical values
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowing from French digital.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
digital 4 nom/acc forms
- digital (having to do with fingers or toes)
- digital (dealing with discrete values rather than a continuous spectrum of values)
Declension[edit]
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | digital | digitală | digitali | digitale | ||
| definite | digitalul | digitala | digitalii | digitalele | |||
| genitive/ dative |
indefinite | digital | digitale | digitali | digitale | ||
| definite | digitalului | digitalei | digitalilor | digitalelor | |||
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowing from Latin digitālis. Doublet of dedal, which was inherited.
Adjective[edit]
digital m, f (plural digitales)
- digital; having to do with the fingers or toes
- dealing with discrete values rather than a continuous spectrum of values
- dealing with the display of numerical values
Noun[edit]
digital f (plural digitales)
- foxglove (plant, flower)
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin digitālis, via English digital.
Adjective[edit]
digital (not comparable)
- digital; in (or using) digital (and electronic) form
Declension[edit]
| Inflection of digital | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite/attributive | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | digital | — | — |
| Neuter singular | digitalt | — | — |
| Plural | digitala | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | digitale | — | — |
| All | digitala | — | — |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in an attributive role. |
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Usage notes[edit]
- Circa 2010, the word took on a wider definition, meaning electronic, modern, or binary (having only two values); digitalisering (“digitization”) started to being used not only of signals, information and documents (e.g. digitizing books or patient's journals), but also about enterprises, as a synonym to automation, computerization (e.g. digitizing libraries and hospitals).
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