Digitals

/dɪdʒɪtəlz/ noun

Definition

Plural of digital; foxglove plants of the genus Digitalis, or digital devices and systems.

Etymology

From 'digital,' which can refer to the foxglove plant (from Latin 'digitus' meaning finger) or modern technology based on digits and discrete values.

Kelly Says

The word 'digitals' connects a 16th-century flower name to 21st-century technology through the word 'digit'—both literally about fingers, though one was a poetic plant name and the other a mathematical concept.

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