significant figure

Summary

significant figure has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[1]

Key Facts

• significant figure is a type of digit^[2].
• significant figure is part of number^[3].
• significant figure is part of significand^[4].
• significant figure is used for propagation of uncertainty^[5].
• significant figure is used for rounding^[6].
• significant figure is the opposite of spurious digit^[7].
• significant figure comprises digit^[8].
• significant figure comprises zero^[9].
• significant figure comprises trailing zero^[10].
• significant figure comprises trailing zero^[11].
• significant figure comprises trailing zero^[12].
• significant figure's notation is recorded as overline^[13].
• significant figure's notation is recorded as decimal separator^[14].
• significant figure's notation is recorded as underline^[15].
• significant figure's represents is recorded as precision^[16].
• significant figure's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 4^[17].
• significant figure's partially coincident with is recorded as confidence interval^[18].
• significant figure's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/significant-digits^[19].
• significant figure's used by is recorded as significance arithmetic^[20].
• significant figure's has characteristic is recorded as meaning^[21].
• significant figure's different from is recorded as decimal place^[22].
• significant figure's does not have part is recorded as leading zero^[23].
• significant figure's does not have part is recorded as trailing zero^[24].
• significant figure's does not have part is recorded as trailing zero^[25].
• significant figure's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics^[26].

Body

Definition and Type

significant figure is a type of digit^[2]. It is the opposite of spurious digit^[7].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include propagation of uncertainty^[5] and rounding^[6]. Components include digit^[8], a counting unit^[27]; zero^[9], a non-positive integer^[28]; and trailing zero^[10], a mathematical concept^[29]. Part of include number^[3], a mathematical concept^[30] and significand^[4]. significant figure's used by is recorded as significance arithmetic^[20].

Why It Matters

significant figure has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[1] It is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]