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n. A fact or proposition used to draw a conclusion or make a decision. See Usage Note at data.

n. A point, line, or surface used as a reference, as in surveying, mapping, or geology.

n. A measurement of something on a scale understood by both the recorder (a person or device) and the reader (another person or device). The scale is arbitrarily defined, such as from 1 to 10 by ones, 1 to 100 by 0.1, or simply true or false, on or off, yes, no, or maybe, etc.

n. (philosophy) A fact known from direct observation.

n. (philosophy) A premise from which conclusions are drawn.

n. (cartography, engineering) A fixed reference point.

n. Something given or admitted; a fact or principle granted; that upon which an inference or an argument is based; -- used chiefly in the plural.

n. a single piece of information; a fact; especially a piece of information obtained by observation or experiment; -- used mostly in the plural.

n. The quantities or relations which are assumed to be given in any problem.

n. a point, line, or level surface used as a reference in measuring elevations.

n. A fact given; originally, one of the quantities stated, or one of the geometrical figures supposed constructed, in a mathematical problem, and from which the required magnitude or figure is to be determined.

n. A fact either indubitably known or treated as such for the purposes of a particular discussion; a premise.

n. A position of reference, by which other positions are defined.

n. an item of factual information derived from measurement or research

"Mr. Smith's method of proving that every circle is 3-1/8 diameters is to assume that it is so, -- "if you dislike the term datum, then, by hypothesis, let 8 circumferences be exactly equal to 25 diameters," -- and then to show that every other supposition is thereby made absurd."

datum-line    ordnance datum    data of consciousness   

information    dice    die    data   

data   

datum line    datum point    datum plane   

fact    element    premiss    condition    material   

Chatham    Tatum    atom    stratum    ultimatum    verbatim   

optat    erratum    nusquam    sequatur    certi    incubuit    vbi    efficeret    liceat    in esse