Significant figures
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title:
Significant figures
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Significant figures, also referred to as significant digits or sig figs, are specific digits within a number written in positional notation that carry both reliability and necessity in conveying a particular quantity. When presenting the outcome of a measurement, if the number of digits exceeds what the measurement instrument can resolve, only the number of digits within the resolution's capability are dependable and therefore considered significant. For instance, if a length measurement yields
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Any digit of a number within its measurement resolution, as opposed to spurious digits
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Significant_figures
date created:
2003-09-12T23:04:23Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T18:35:11Z
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