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| definition 1: |
When we say that a clock or watch is digital, we mean that it shows the time using a row of numbers. When it is ten minutes after twelve o'clock, for example, a digital clock will show 12:10. On a digital clock, the hour is shown by the numbers on the left, and the minutes are shown by the numbers on the right. There is a mark with two dots between the hour and the minutes. This mark is called a colon.
The clock in our kitchen is not a digital clock. It has a short hand and a long hand that move around the clock to show the time.
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| definition 2: |
A computer is a digital machine. When we say that something is digital, we mean that it uses numbers like a special language to keep, send, and receive information.
Many telephones are digital tools nowadays. Many people can use the Internet on their telephones. |
| definition 3: |
When we use the word digital, we are sometimes talking about everything connected with computers and how people use them.
My mom says we are living in a digital world now. She says this means that we use computers all the time and for so many things nowadays. We depend on computers for almost everything. |
| derivation: |
digitally (adv.) |
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