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significant figures

plural noun

  1. 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. the number of such figures Compare decimal place

    3.142 has four significant figures

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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