Datum
['deɪtəm] or ['detəm]
Definition
(noun.) an item of factual information derived from measurement or research.
Inputed by Jeff--From WordNet
Definition
(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.) The quantities or relations which are assumed to be given in any problem.
Inputed by Josiah
Definition
the horizontal base-line from which heights and depths are measured.
Typist: Sanford
Examples
- I got some data and made up my mind that what was needed was a very powerful engine for its weight, in small compass. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Mr. Edison himself supplies the following data: During the electric-railway experiments at Menlo Park, we had a short spur of track up one of the steep gullies. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Even if the same data were present, they would be evaluated differently. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Edison's assertions were treated with scepticism by the scientific world, which was not then ready for the discovery and not sufficiently furnished with corroborative data. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- These data revealed the fact that the quantity of copper required for the main conductors would be exceedingly large and costly; and, if ever, Edison was somewhat dismayed. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Memory, observation, reading, communication, are all avenues for supplying data. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- As stated at the outset the psychology of scientific discovery must be the subject of prolonged investigation, but some data are already available. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Johnson and Hammer put into practice many of the ideas now standard in the art, and secured much useful data for the work in New York, of which the story has just been told. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Our most satisf actory data in reference to Egyptian medicine are derived, however, from the Ebers papyrus. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The table is usually pretty well filled with specimens or data of experimental results which have been put there for his examination. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
Typist: Weldon