datum

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Latin

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

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Singular
datum

Plural
data or datums

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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[edit] Czech

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datum n.

  1. date (point in time)

[edit] Dutch

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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)


This Slovene entry was created from the translations listed at date. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see datum in the Slovene Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) April 2008


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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)

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