Definitions for datum

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datum da·tum

Spelling: [dey-tuh m, dat-uh m, Datum is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 62 anagrams from letters in datum (admtu).

Definitions for datum

noun

1. a single piece of information, as a fact, statistic, or code; an item of data.
2. Philosophy. any fact assumed to be a matter of direct observation. any proposition assumed or given, from which conclusions may be drawn.
3. Also called sense datum. Epistemology. the object of knowledge as presented to the mind. Compare ideatum.
4. Surveying, Civil Engineering. any level surface, line, or point used as a reference in measuring elevations.
5. Surveying. a basis for horizontal control surveys, consisting of the longitude and latitude of a certain point, the azimuth of a certain line from this point, and two constants used in defining the terrestrial spheroid.

Origin of datum

1640-50; Latin: a thing given, neuter past participle of dare to give

Examples for datum

When Frank makes up his mind what 'something' is, I'll take it as a datum.

He regarded the datum as divisible into perception and matter.

I was using your disappearance as a datum in a problem that didn't require it.

Is it the ultimate, or is it only the penultimate, datum of cognition?

Beinart is upset with me for asking "what is the point of this datum?"

We have a datum, and we give it an interpretation, in accordance with our pseudo-standard.

Our first datum is of something that was once seen to enter an ocean.

Over and over in these annals of the damned occurs the datum of segregation.

We could have predicted that that datum could be found somewhere.

Nevertheless, it seems to me that a datum that preceded it was slightingly treated.