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Noun:

  • cartographyengineering italbrac-open''plural:'' '''datums'''italbrac-close a fixed reference point
  • italbrac-open''plural:'' '''data'''italbrac-close 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.
  • philosophy italbrac-open''plural:'' '''data'''italbrac-close a fact known from direct observation
  • philosophy italbrac-open''plural:'' '''data'''italbrac-close a premise from which conclusions are drawn

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