LINK / CITE ADD TO WORD LIST. adjective. The definition of digital is something that is or is like a finger. An example of digital is a robotic finger. Digital is defined as something relating to a device that transmits information by discrete numerics. An example of digital is an mp3 player.
Making the world better, one answer at a time. Cotton is a plant. The seeds of the plant are contained in a roundish pod called a boll, and surrounded by a fibrous material. When immature, the bolls are green, and the fibrous material is wet. As the bolls mature, they turn black/brown, the fibrous material swells, and the bolls split open, after which the fibrous material dries. This is raw cotton.
After the invention of the cotton gin, the yield of raw cotton doubled each decade after 1800. Demand was fueled by other inventions of the Industrial Revolution, such as the machines to spin and weave it and the steamboat to transport it.