significant figure

Noun

 * 1)  A digit that is meaningful with respect to the precision of a measurement; that is, excluding any leading zeroes, trailing rounding or placeholder zeroes, and non-zero digits not warranted by the accuracy of a derivation or measurement.

Translations

 * Czech: platná číslice
 * Danish: betydende ciffer
 * Dutch: beduidend cijfer
 * Finnish: merkitsevä numero
 * French: chiffre significatif
 * German: signifikante Stelle
 * Greek: σημαντικό ψηφίο
 * Hungarian: értékes jegy/számjegy
 * Indonesian: angka penting
 * Irish: digit shuntasach, figiúr suntasach
 * Italian: cifra significativa
 * Japanese: 有効数字
 * Malay: angka bererti
 * Portuguese:
 * Vietnamese: chữ số có nghĩa