datum

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 External links 2 Czech 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 3 Dutch 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun 4 Latin 4.1 Noun 4.2 Adjective 5 Serbo-Croatian 5.1 Noun 5.1.1 Declension 6 Slovene 6.1 Noun 7 Swedish 7.1 Pronunciation 7.2 Noun 7.2.1 See also

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[edit] Etymology

Latin

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• (UK) IPA: /ˈdeɪtʌm/, /ˈdɑːtʌm/ SAMPA: /"deItVm/, /"dA:tVm/

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datum (plural data or datums)

1. (plural: data) a single piece of information
2. (philosophy) (plural: data) a fact known from direct observation
3. (philosophy) (plural: data) a premise from which conclusions are drawn
4. (cartography)(engineering) (plural: datums) a fixed reference point
   • 2007, Roger F Tomlinson, Thinking about GIS: geographic information system planning for managers

     Datums are another important map aspect related to projection. A datum provides a base reference for measuring locations on Earth's surface.

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• datum line
• datum plane
• datum point

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• data
• die, dice

[edit] Translations

[edit] External links

• AskOxford.com: Is 'data' singular or plural?
• The American Heritage® Dictionary's usage note on 'data'
• Calpundit: YOU SAY DAY-TA, I SAY DAA-TA
• John Quiggin: Data is not the plural of datum
• johnaugust.com: ‘Data’ is singular

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datum n.

1. date (point in time)

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datum (plural data or datums, diminutive datumpje)

1. date (point in time)

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(datus, data, datum)

1. "What is given", "the given thing", "the given person".

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(datus, data, datum)

1. "Having been given" : perfect passive participle of dare.

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dátum m. (Cyrillic spelling да́тум)

1. date (as in day, month, and year)

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datum m.

1. date (point of time at which a transaction or event takes place)

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Inflection for datum	Singular		Plural
Neuter	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	datum	datumet	datum	datumen
Genitive	datums	datumets	datums	datumens

datum n.

1. date; (day, month and year)

[edit] See also

• datumlinjen
• datera
• bäst-före-datum