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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

However, trailing zeros may be useful for indicating the number of significant figures, for example in a measurement. In such a context, "simplifying" a...

later banished for misbehavior. At a party organized for all the significant figures in Heaven, Bajie saw the Chang'e (goddess of the Moon) for the first...

purposes. Typically the divisions mark a scale to a precision of two significant figures, and the user estimates the third figure. Some high-end slide rules...

(2018). Leonardo da Vinci: A Reference Guide to His Life and Works (Significant Figures in World History). Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-5381-1977-8...

Superfluous precision, the use of calculated measurements beyond significant figures The Diary of a Superfluous Man, an 1850 novella by Russian author...

if it rounds up or down. This is one method used when rounding to significant figures due to its simplicity. This method, also known as commercial rounding...

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...

Significant Other is the second studio album by American nu metal band Limp Bizkit. It was released on June 22, 1999, through Flip and Interscope Records...

All figures are rounded to three significant digits. List of companies and cities in Africa that manufacture cement U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity...

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...

news events such as the 1969 Apollo 11 Moon landing, funerals of significant figures such as Michael Jackson, Diana, Princess of Wales, or Elizabeth II...

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...