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any digit of a number that is known with certainty; any digit of a number beginning with the leftmost non-zero digit and ending with the rightmost non-zero digit (or a zero considered to be the exact value)

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  1. n. any digit of a number that is known with certainty; any digit of a number beginning with the leftmost zero">non-zero digit and ending with the rightmost non-zero digit (or a zero considered to be the exact value)