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Definition of: datum
(dā′təm, dat′əm, dä′təm) noun plural da·ta
1. A known, assumed, or conceded fact from which an inference is made.
2. The point from which any reckoning or scale starts. [<L, neut. sing. of datus. See DATA.]
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