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digital

adj.
A2 Elementary Oxford US //ˈdɪdʒətəɫ// UK //dˈɪdʒɪtəl// dig·i·tal General-service Humorous Informal

adj. using computer technology or the internet to work. You use this to describe things like cameras, clocks, or money that use electronic signals instead of physical parts.

adj. relating to or using signals or data expressed as series of the digits 0 and 1, typically represented by values of a physical quantity such as voltage or magnetic polarization.


SIMPLE

I prefer using a digital camera for my vacation photos.

CONTEXTUAL

The company is moving all its paper records into a digital format to save space and improve security.

COMPLEX

The transition from analog to digital broadcasting allowed for significantly higher resolution and more efficient use of the available radio frequency spectrum.

Antonyms
Origin

Borrowed from Latin digitālis, from digitus (“finger, toe”) + -alis (“-al”), equivalent to digit + -al. Doublet of digitalis.

Usage

Typically placed before the noun it modifies; often contrasted with 'analog' or 'physical'.

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