significant digits |
|
Definition
Number of digits in a figure that express the precision of a measurement instead of its magnitude. In a measurement, commonly the in-between (embedded) zeros are included but leading and trailing zeros are ignored. Non-zero digits, and leading zeros to the right of a decimal point, are always significant. For example, the figure 239.80 has four significant digits, 925,000 has three, and 0.030677 has six.
email to a friend
print this definition
cite this definition
link to this page
significant digits is in the Accounting & Auditing subject.
significant digits appears in the definition of the following term: truncation
This content can be found on the following page:
http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/significant-digits.html