Place-value
noun, Arithmetic.
1.
the value of the place, or position, of a digit in a number or series:
In the number 794, the location of the digit 4 has a place value of one.
adjective
1.
denoting a series in which successive digits represent successive powers of the base
noun
the value of a digit as determined by its position in a number, the name of the place or location of a digit in a number
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