Significant figures, also referred to as significant digits, are specific digits within a number that is written in positional notation that carry both...

Significant Figures: The Lives and Work of Great Mathematicians is a 2017 nonfiction book by British mathematician Ian Stewart FRS CMath FIMA, published...

approximation is sometimes informally used to mean the number of significant figures, in increasing order of accuracy, or to the order of magnitude. However...

leads to ambiguity. The number 1230400 is usually read to have five significant figures: 1, 2, 3, 0, and 4, the final two zeroes serving only as placeholders...

Significance (policy debate), a stock issue in policy debate Significant figures or significant digits, the precision of a numerical value Statistical significance...

Figures became the first Democrat since 1963 to represent a significant portion of Mobile, and only the fourth since then to represent a significant portion...

Asia figure given includes entire districts with significant portions in Asia, with significant figures reduced to reflect the uncertainty. Total area is...

(only three of the top 100 figures are women), the authors point out past barriers to women assuming historically significant roles. However, critics have...

means of significant figures. Where not explicitly stated, the margin of error is understood to be one-half the value of the last significant place. For...

mid-1950s, the central figures, except Burroughs and Carr, ended up together in San Francisco, where they met and became friends of figures associated with the...

that unless a margin of error is explicitly stated, the number of significant figures used in the presentation of data should be limited to what is warranted...

type of character in typesetting, text figures and lining figures Figure, a synonym for number Significant figures in a decimal number Figure of the Earth...

roots are very close. This can lead to loss of up to half of correct significant figures in the roots. The golden ratio is found as the positive solution...

places, its precision for any specific number is no more than 15 significant figures, and calculations may have an accuracy that is even less due to five...

an archetype of the inspired singer, Orpheus is one of the most significant figures in the reception of classical mythology in Western culture, portrayed...

to two significant figures. Idle gives the Earth's orbital speed as 19 miles (31 km) per second, which is accurate to two significant figures. Idle states...

7 °C), which was calculated as 277.274 in3 (or 4.543706784 L to ten significant figures). This value lasted until 1889, when an Order in Council of November...

was 0.9 times the pitch of the last size. They then rounded to 2 significant figures in metric and then converting to inches and rounding to the thousandth...

has had a brilliant career as a reporter and as one of the most significant figures in CBS News history, on our broadcast and in many of our lives. Morley's...

on March 14 (the 3rd month) since 3, 1, and 4 are the first three significant figures of π, and was first celebrated in the United States. It was founded...

systems of the 1930s: namely, capitalism, fascism, and communism. Significant figures associated with the school include Max Horkheimer, Theodor Adorno...

cousin, Ali. Fatima (c. 605/15-632) and Ali (c. 600-661) were both significant figures in early Islam: Fatima has been compared to Mary, the mother of Jesus...

as common in many European countries) the number 10 known to five significant figures, i.e. 10±0.0005 (here the dot is a decimal separator, as commonly...

as common in many European countries) the number 1 known to four significant figures, i.e. 1±0.0005 (here the dot is a decimal separator, as commonly...

world. This has created, for the first time, a truly global theatre. Significant figures and some landmark theories and movements of the period include: Constantin...

way to commemorate significant events of Aztec history to reinforce their cosmic destiny and imperial aspirations. These figures typically were decorated...

as common in many European countries) the number 100 known to six significant figures, i.e. 100±0.0005 (here the dot is a decimal separator, as commonly...

Significant Mother is an American television sitcom created by Erin Cardillo and Richard Keith. Starring Josh Zuckerman, Nathaniel Buzolic and Krista...

Cleveland, Ohio. Ertegun has been described as "one of the most significant figures in the modern recording industry." In 2017 he was inducted into the...

January 5, 2002, issue of Kerrang! described him as "one of the most significant figures in the history of metal." Schuldiner was ranked No. 10 in Joel McIver's...