'Datum' definitions:
Definition of 'datum'
From: WordNet
noun
An item of factual information derived from measurement or research [syn: datum, data point]
Definition of 'Datum'
From: GCIDE
- Datum \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. [1913 Webster]
- Any writer, therefore, who . . . furnishes us with data sufficient to determine the time in which he wrote. --Priestley. [1913 Webster]
- 2. a single piece of information; a fact; especially a piece of information obtained by observation or experiment; -- used mostly in the plural. [PJC]
- 3. pl. (Math.) The quantities or relations which are assumed to be given in any problem. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Surveying) a point, line, or level surface used as a reference in measuring elevations. --RHUD [PJC]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'datum'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absolute fact,
- accepted fact,
- account,
- acquaintance,
- actual fact,
- admitted fact,
- announcement,
- article,
- aspect,
- axiom,
- bald fact,
- bare fact,
- basis for belief,
- blue book,
- body of evidence,
- briefing,
- brutal fact,
- bulletin,
- case,
- chain of evidence,
- circumstance,
- clue,
- cold fact,
- communication,
- communique,
- conceded fact,
- corpus,
- count,
- data,
- demonstrable fact,
- detail,
- directory,
- dispatch,
- documentation,
- element,
- empirical fact,
- enlightenment,
- established fact,
- evidence,
- exhibit,
- experience,
- expertise,
- facet,
- fact,
- fact of experience,
- factor,
- facts,
- factual base,
- factual information,
- familiarity,
- familiarization,
- gen,
- general information,
- given fact,
- grounds,
- grounds for belief,
- guidebook,
- handout,
- hard fact,
- hard information,
- incidental,
- incidental information,
- indication,
- indisputable fact,
- inescapable fact,
- info,
- information,
- instance,
- instruction,
- intelligence,
- intimacy,
- item,
- item of evidence,
- ken,
- know-how,
- knowing,
- knowledge,
- light,
- manifestation,
- mark,
- material grounds,
- matter,
- matter of fact,
- mention,
- message,
- minor detail,
- minutia,
- minutiae,
- muniments,
- mute witness,
- naked fact,
- not guesswork,
- not opinion,
- notice,
- notification,
- particular,
- piece of evidence,
- plain,
- point,
- positive fact,
- postulate,
- practical knowledge,
- premises,
- presentation,
- private knowledge,
- privity,
- promotional material,
- proof,
- provable fact,
- publication,
- publicity,
- ratio cognoscendi,
- reason to believe,
- regard,
- release,
- relevant fact,
- report,
- respect,
- salient fact,
- self-evident fact,
- self-knowledge,
- sidelight,
- sign,
- significant fact,
- simple fact,
- sober fact,
- statement,
- stubborn fact,
- symptom,
- technic,
- technics,
- technique,
- the case,
- the dope,
- the goods,
- the know,
- the nitty-gritty,
- the scoop,
- thing,
- token,
- transmission,
- undeniable fact,
- well-known fact,
- white book,
- white paper,
- word