digitworth
nounUK /ˈdɪdʒɪtwɜːθ/
US /ˈdɪdʒɪtwɜːrθ/
The value of a number based on where its digit sits.
In 507, the digitworth of the 5 is five hundred.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. The worth of a single numeral in a larger number.
The digitworth of the 3 in 34 is thirty.
3. A number's meaning that changes when it moves to a new spot.
Moving the 2 changes its digitworth from two to twenty.
4. The amount a digit stands for in a place-value chart.
On the chart, each digitworth is ten times the one to its right.