Meaning of DATUM
| Pronunciation: | | 'deytum
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| | Definition: | | [n] an item of factual information derived from measurement or research |
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| | Synonyms: | | data point |
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| | See Also: | | indication, information, meter reading, reading, statistic | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Da"tum\, n.; pl. {Data}. [L. See 2d {Date}.]
1. 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.
2. pl. (Math.) The quantities or relations which are assumed
to be given in any problem.
{Datum line} (Surv.), the horizontal or base line, from which
the heights of points are reckoned or measured, as in the
plan of a railway, etc.
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| | Definition: | | A base elevation used as a reference from which to reckon heights and depths. It is called a tidal datum when defined by a certain plane of the tide. |
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| | Definition: | | a fixed reference point on an archaeological site from which measurements are taken. |
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