Digit

dij′it, n. a finger's breadth or ¾ inch: from the habit of counting on the fingers, any one of the nine numbers: the twelfth part of the diameter of the sun or moon.— adj. Dig′ital , pertaining to the fingers.— n. finger: a key of a piano, .— ns. Digitā′lia , Dig′it a line , Dig′italin , the active principles of digitalis; Digitā′lis , a genus of plants, including the foxglove; Digitā′ria , a genus of gra es with digitate spikes.— adjs. Digitate , -d , consisting of several finger-like sections.— adv. Dig′itately .— n. Digitā′tion , finger-like arrangement: a finger-like proce .— adj. Digit′iform , formed like fingers; Dig′it i grade , walking on the toes.— n. an animal that walks on its toes, as the lion—opp. to Plantigrade .— ns. Dig′itigradism ; Digitō′rium , a small portable instrument used for making the fingers flexible for piano-playing. [L. digit us , a finger or toe, akin to Gr. daktylos .]