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10 Language-to-English Dictionarieschiffre significatif
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /ʃifʁ siɲifikativ/
"Le résultat doit être donné avec trois chiffres significatifs."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Each of the digits of a number that are used to express it to the required degree of accuracy, starting from the first non-zero digit.
"The measurement of the chemical sample was recorded to three significant figures." - 2
A digit in a numerical value that contributes to the precision of the value, including all certain digits plus one estimated digit.
"When rounding to two significant figures, 0.0456 becomes 0.046."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the combination of 'significant', stemming from Latin significare (to signify or show), and 'figure', from Latin figura (shape or number). The mathematical sense developed in the 18th and 19th centuries during the formalization of precision measurement and error analysis in scientific computations.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Significant figure" is said worldwide
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chiffre significatif
Transliteration: /ʃifʁ siɲifikativ/
"Le résultat doit être donné avec trois chiffres significatifs."
geltende Ziffer
Transliteration: /ˈɡɛltəndə ˈtsɪfɐ/
"Das Ergebnis wurde auf zwei geltende Ziffern gerundet."
cifra significativa
Transliteration: /ˈtʃi.fra siɲ.ɲi.fiˈka.ti.va/
"Il calcolo richiede almeno tre cifre significative."
cifra significativa
Transliteration: /ˈsi.fɾa siɣ.ni.fiˈka.ti.βa/
"Expresen la respuesta final utilizando cuatro cifras significativas."
algarismo significativo
Transliteration: /aw.ɡaˈɾiʒ.mu siɡ.ni.fiˈka.ti.vu/
"O valor final deve conter três algarismos significativos."
सार्थक अंक
Transliteration: sarthak ank
"इस माप को तीन सार्थक अंकों तक लिखा गया है।"
有效数字
Transliteration: yǒuxiào shùzì
"这个计算结果保留了三位有效数字。"
유효숫자
Transliteration: yuhyo-sutja
"측정값은 세 개의 유효숫자로 나타내어야 한다."
有効数字
Transliteration: yūkō sūji
"答えは有効数字3桁で四捨五入してください。"
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