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Is your thumb a finger or not?

Updated: 8/10/2023
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11y ago

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Ultimately this is a question of semantics and depends on precisely how you define "finger". If you want a technical term that definitely includes the thumb, use "digit" or even better "phalanges." I'm not aware of a simple word that definitely excludes the thumb.

(Historically, "finger" has been inclusive of the thumb; it comes ultimately from a root word meaning "five" which only makes sense if the thumb is included.)

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12y ago

No, its not. The fingers all contain a middle phalanx whereas the thumb does not. The confusion comes from the fact that it is a digit. So each normal hand has 5 digits but only 4 fingers.

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12y ago

your thumb isn't a finger. They people had a long and big time disagreement about this matter, get with the program, you people are so 2009.

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yes it is and tom is correct

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Yes it is!

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