what does 31/2 digits mean?

I know it's a dumb question. But I see meters with 31/2, 41/2 and even

43/4 digits displays. So what is the 1/2 digit? Thank You, Eric R Snow, Feeling dumb, but wanting to know
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Eric R Snow
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Thank You Chris. ERS

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Eric R Snow

No need to feel dumb, good question.

3 1/2 digits :

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three full digits plus one digit that can only be

0 (digit off) or 1:

range 0 to 1999

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4 3/4 digits :

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four full digits plus one digit that can only range from 0 (digit off) to 3:

range 0 to 39999

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Chris

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Christoph Loew

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