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Noun: significant figure
  1. Any digit of a number that is known with certainty; any digit of a number beginning with the leftmost non-zero digit and ending with the rightmost non-zero digit (or a zero considered to be the exact value)
    "he calculated the answer to four significant figures";
    - significant digit

Derived forms: significant figures

Type of: digit, figure

Encyclopedia: Significant figure