Digital

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Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Adjective 1.1.1 Antonyms 1.1.2 Translations 2 French 2.1 Adjective 2.1.1 Usage note

English

Adjective

digital (no comparative or superlative forms)

1. Property of dealing with the discrete values rather than a continuous spectrum of values.
2. Done with a finger.

Antonyms

• analog

Translations

• Dutch: digitaal
• Finnish: digitaalinen (1), numeerinen (1), sormi- (2)
• French: numérique, digital (see usage note there)
• Indonesian: digital
• Interlingua: digital
• Japanese: デジタル (dejitaru)
• Polish: cyfrowy m (1)
• Portuguese: digital m & f
• Swedish: digital

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French

Adjective

1. Of or pertaining to fingers.
2. digital

Usage note

digital is occasionally used in French to describe display devices such as TV screens. Its use for other purposes is often criticised, because this use derives from English, and because digital more commonly has the first meaning above.