significant figure

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significant figure - any 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); "he calculated the answer to four significant figures"

significant digit

digit, figure - one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration; "0 and 1 are digits"

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