digital

1. not comparableHaving to do with digits (fingers or toes); especially, performed with a finger.

   digital palpation

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   digital examination

2. not comparableProperty of representing values as discrete, often binary, numbers rather than a continuous spectrum.

   digital clock

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   digital computer

   Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus.[…]A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that. Developed as a tool to electronically combine the sharpest bits of multiple digital images, focus stacking is a boon to biologists seeking full focus on a micron scale.

   2013 July-August, Catherine Clabby, “Focus on Everything”, in American Scientist

   This meter is a 3½ digit digital multimeter that is rugged, reliable and convenient to use, while providing all of the accuracy and features needed for any application.

   2017 October 28, “DIGITAL MULTIMETER M-1000E”, in Elenco, page 4

3. not comparableOf or relating to computers or the Information Age.

   Digital payment systems are replacing cash transactions.

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   Near-synonyms: computerized, electronic, digitized, virtual

   Synonyms: computerized, electronic, digitized, virtual

plural digitals

1. countableuncountablebusinessA digital option.
2. uncountableDigital equipment or technology.

   He moved to digital for the first time, using a Sony camera.

3. abbreviationcountableellipsisuncountableEllipsis of digital watch.

   Initially, traditional watchmakers could not see much future in digitals.

   2000, Amy Glasmeier, Manufacturing Time, page 209

4. abbreviationellipsisinformaluncountableEllipsis of digital art.
5. countableuncountableentertainmentAny of the keys of a piano or similar instrument.

   Beginning with the keyboard, direct attention to the grouping of the black digitals, and show that though at the outer edge of the keyboard the white digitals look as if they were all equally close neighbours, yet, […]

   c.1920?, Annie Jessy Gregg Curwen, The Teacher's Guide to Mrs. Curwen's Pianoforte Method (The Child Pianist)

6. colloquialcountablehumorousuncountableA finger.

   […] with grave complacency wiggles his digitals, and turns away with a scornful smile playing upon his countenance.

   1855, North Carolina University Magazine, volume 3, page 23

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   […] turning round as he reached the door, he placed his digitals in close proximity to his proboscis, saying—“I guess there an't anything green about this child!' and left the Professor in utter astonishment […]

   1853, Yankee Notions, volume 2, page 137