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| amputee |
a person who has lost all or part of a limb or digit as a result of accident or surgery. |
| area code |
in the United States and Canada, any of the three-digit codes that identify the regional telephone districts into which the countries are divided. [1/2 definitions] |
| bit3 |
a unit of information in a computer; binary digit. |
| dewclaw |
a small nonfunctioning claw, hoof, or digit in the upper foot of some mammals. |
| digital |
of, pertaining to, using, or resembling a digit, esp. a finger. [1/5 definitions] |
| one-digit number |
a whole number containing one digit, such as 2. |
| place |
in mathematics, the position of a digit in a number. [1/21 definitions] |
| place value |
the numerical value of a digit based on its position in a number. |
| pterosaur |
a flying reptile of the Mesozoic era characterized as having a birdlike beak and membranous wings supported by an exceptionally long fourth digit of each forelimb. |
| short division |
mathematical division of one number by another, esp. by a one-digit divisor, without writing out the remainders. |
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