digital
pronunciation
How to pronounce digital in British English:
UK [ˈdɪdʒɪtl]
How to pronounce digital in American English:
US [ˈdɪdʒɪtl]
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- Adjective:
- of a circuit or device that represents magnitudes in digits
- displaying numbers rather than scale positions
- relating to or performed with the fingers
Word Origin
- digital (adj.)
- 1650s, "pertaining to fingers," from Latin digitalis, from digitus (see digit). Meaning "using numerical digits" is from 1938, especially of computers after c. 1945; in reference to recording or broadcasting, from 1960. Related: Digitize.
Example
- 1. And early digital technologies do seem to be vanishing .
- 2. The first digital camera weighed 8.5 pounds .
- 3. Anything that is digital , from software to music , can reach a much broader global audience .
- 4. The switch from analog to digital broadcasting will be completed on june 12 , 2009 .
- 5. The rest are offloaded to digital middlemen .