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Article #758Re: Largest digit with a name?
From: PISCHKE DAVID
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 00:00
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 00:00
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In article <4dc4c6$15k@falcon.ccs.uwo.ca>,
Michael Glenn <michaelg@julian.uwo.ca> wrote:
>What is the largest digit with a name?
Assuming you are talking about mathematical objects and not body parts,
the largest digit is 9, of course. If you mean body parts, the largest
digit would have to me the middle finger.
%webster digit
dig-it n. 1. A finger or toe. 2. The breadth of a finger, used as a unit of
length, equal to about 3/4 inch. 3. a. Any one of the ten Arabic number
symbols, 0 through 9. b. Such a symbol used in a system of numeration.[ME
< Lat. digitus, finger]
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