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# digital

«digital» in Mova's school dictionary: **Using electronic signals and computers to store, send or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (digital); noun use (digital — informal, digital technology)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Using electronic signals and computers to store, send or show information as numbers (ones and zeros): «digital camera», «digital TV». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/digital/#m1)

2) Showing information as numbers on a screen rather than with hands or a pointer: «a digital clock». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/digital/#m2)

3) (formal, maths) To do with digits, the numbers 0 to 9. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/digital/#m3)

4) (medical) To do with the fingers or toes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/digital/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and computing lessons, digital means online, electronic, screen-based: digital photos, digital learning, «digital footprint» (the trail of information you leave online). In maths, children read «digital time» like 07:45 and compare it to analogue clocks. In safety lessons «digital safety» means staying safe online. Phrases: «digital clock», «digital camera», «digital footprint», «go digital», «digital world».

### examples

- I can read the time on a digital clock. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/digital/#x1)
- We took digital photos on the trip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/digital/#x2)
- Your digital footprint is everything you post online. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/digital/#x3)
- The library has digital books you can borrow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/digital/#x4)
- A digital thermometer shows the temperature in numbers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/digital/#x5)
- Our class learned about digital safety. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/digital/#x6)
- The shop went digital and now sells online. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/digital/#x7)

### note

Opposite of «analogue» (US «analog»). In maths, a digital clock may use 24-hour time: 15:30 means 3:30 in the afternoon. The adverb is «digitally». Related noun: «digit», one of 0–9.

### In the corpora

- [Digital zoom just enlarges pixels and loses detail; getting closer or using a real zoom lens gives sharper pictures.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/20-photography-and-phone-cameras/11/)
- [A pixel is one tiny dot of a digital picture.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/20-photography-and-phone-cameras/12/)
- [When someone uses a time word you don't know, ask for the digital time: being right matters more than sounding clever.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time/9/)
- [To turn "twenty to ten" into digital, take 20 from 60 to get 40 and use the hour before: 9:40.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time/18/)
- [A 24-hour digital clock shows four digits all the same 3 times a day: 00:00, 11:11 and 22:22.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/192-olympiad-time-and-calendar-puzzles/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «digital» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/digital/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.