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significant figures
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significant figures esp US, significant digits
pl n
1. (Mathematics) the figures of a number that express a magnitude to a specified degree of accuracy, rounding up or down the final figure 3.141 59 to four significant figures is 3.142
2. (Mathematics) the number of such figures 3.142 has four significant figures Compare decimal place [2]


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After some practice with the App, "I ask them to write their own SigFig rules and then we compare them to rules in the text," he says.
 
 
 
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