datum Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun an item of factual information derived from measurement or research
data point.
WordNet
Da"tum noun
Etymology
L. See 2dWordforms
Definitions
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Something given or admitted; a fact or principle granted; that upon which an inference or an argument is based; -- used chiefly in the plural. Any writer, therefore, who . . . furnishes us with data sufficient to determine the time in which he wrote. Priestley.
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(Math.) The quantities or relations which are assumed to be given in any problem.
