significant figures

A form of significant figure — A digit that is meaningful with respect to the precision of a measurement; that is, excluding any leading zeroes, trailing rounding or placeholder zeroes, and non-zero digits not warranted by the accuracy of a derivation or measurement.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of significant figure
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