significant digit - in an n-ary representation (such as binary or decimal) of a number that represents an uncertain or approximate quantity, a digit is significant if its value would not change were the quantity to vary between its limits of uncertainty. For example, the number 3100, representing rounding to the nearest 100, has two significant digits. ;
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