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Definition: Datum |
DatumNoun1. An item of factual information derived from measurement or research. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "datum" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1748. (references) |
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Aerospace | Any numerical or geometrical quantity or set of such quantities which can serve as a reference or a base for measurement of other quantities.For a group of statistical references, the plural form is data; as geographic data for a list of latitudes and longitudes. Where the concept is geometrical the plural form is datums; as in two geodetic datums have been used. (references) |
Building & Civil Engineering | An arbitrary horizontal line from which heights and depths are reckoned, as in a longitudinal section of a canal, railroad plan. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A fixed horizontal plane to which levels are related. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Electrical Engineering | A direction, level, or position from which angles, heights, speeds or distances are conveniently measured. Source: European Union. (references) |
Geography | Geologic horizon used as a reference plane for the position of rocks strata or for the comparative measurement of the thickness of strata. Source: European Union. (references) |
Geological | In surveying, a reference system for computing or correlating the results of surveys. There are two principal types of datums: vertical and horizontal. A vertical datum is a level surface to which heights are referred. In the United States, the generally adopted vertical datum for leveling operations is the national geodetic vertical datums of 1929 (differing slightly from mean sea level). The horizontal datum, used as a reference for position, is defined by: the latitude and longitude of an initial point, the direction of a line between this point and a specified second point, and two dimensions which define the spheroid. In the United States, the initial point for the horizontal datum is located at Meades Ranch in Kansas. (references) |
Mining | A. The top or bottom of a bed of rock, or any other surface, on which structure contours are drawn b. Sea-level datum.--Pl: datums c. Any numerical or geometric quantity or value that serves as a base or reference for other quantities or values; any fixed or assumed position or element (such as a point, line, or surface) in relation to which others are determined, such as a level surface to which depths or heights are referred in leveling. Pl: datums; the plural data is used for a group of statistical or inclusive references, such as geographic data for a list oflatitudes and longitudes. See also:datum plane; geoid. (references) |
Tips from 1870 | Usage: Datum, Phenomenon. Datum, erratum, candelabrum, and memorandum form their plurals by changing um to a; as, data, errata, etc. The last two also take the English plurals, memorandums, candelabrums. The plural of phenomenon and criterion are phenomena, criteria, although criterions is sometimes employed. The plural forms, data, strata, and phenomena, are so much more frequently used than their singular forms, datum, stratum, and phenomenon, that some writers have slipped into the habit of using the plurals with a singular meaning; as, "The aurora borealis is a very strange phenomena." "Our data is insufficient to establish a theory." "The strata is broken and irregular." Source: Slips of Speech. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
For instance, sea-level is commonly used as a datum against which height (or depth) of topographic features can be measured. Whilst the use of sea-level as a datum is useful for geologically recent topographic features, it should be remembered that sea-level has not stayed constant throughout geological time (see Vail-curve).
On maps, heights and depths will typically be given in height above datum or depth below datum. Ordnance Survey maps define the Ordnance Survey Datum or OSD which is usually sea-level, but should be checked in the map legend.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Datum."
Synonym: DatumSynonym: data point (n). (additional references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Das Datum (1998) | |
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 | Diagram showing relationship of tide to marker at Poolbeg Lighthouse Datum referred to low water April 8, 1837 for County Dublin Note use of Mean Sea Level.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Triangulation station at Meade's Ranch Control point for the North American Datum.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Historical monument explaining significance of Meade's Ranch Control point for the North American Datum.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. | ||
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | DATARY, n. A high ecclesiastic official of the Roman Catholic Church, whose important function is to brand the Pope's bulls with the words Datum Romae. He enjoys a princely revenue and the friendship of God. |
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| "Datum" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Datum" is used about 57 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 57 | 44,859 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
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| USA | Datum Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "datum": Amsterdam Ordnance Datum ♦ cf. tidal datum ♦ datum dan buoy ♦ datum horizon ♦ datum level ♦ datum line ♦ datum plane ♦ datum point ♦ datum point array ♦ formed datum curve ♦ ils reference datum ♦ ordnance datum ♦ reference datum ♦ sense datum ♦ sketched datum curve. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "datum": sense-datum. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
datum | 98 |
book datum | 15 |
datum e mail personnel | 11 |
datum e mail provider | 10 |
datum inc | 8 |
apb datum | 7 |
datum map | 7 |
datum point.com | 7 |
datum email personnel | 6 |
datum vaporizer | 6 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "datum"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | njoftim fillestar, karakteristikë (character, characteristic, lineament, peculiarity, property, qualification, specification), fakt (consideration, deed, evidence, fact, proof, reality, thing, truth), e dhënë (clue, hint, indication, pointer). (various references) | |
Arabic | معلومات (acquaintance, dope, information, input, notion, poop, reference), معطيات (data), حقائق (data, facts, information). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | факт (circumstance, deed, fact, thing), основа за изчисляване, отправна точка (starting point), предпоставка (postulate, precondition, premise, prerequisite), данна. (various references) | |
Chinese | 基准 (benchmark, normative). (various references) | |
Czech | údaj (detail, statement). (various references) | |
Danish | datum (contour horizon, date, datum horizon, structural datum), udgangsniveau (datum level), referencelinie (fiducial line), nulplan (datum plane), nul-niveau (datum level). (various references) | |
Dutch | vergelijkingsvlak (datum level), referentievlak (datum plane), referentielijn, referentiehorizon (contour horizon, datum horizon, structural datum), gegeven (data). (various references) | |
Farsi | ماخذ (Alloy, Basis, Source), اطلاع (Advice, Information, Notice, Notification). (various references) | |
Finnish | viitearvo (set point), vertailuarvo (comparison value, set point), perusviiva (base, baseline, base-line, ground line), perusarvo (base figure, bottom value, start-entered value), nollataso (datum plane), johtokerros (contour horizon, datum horizon, structural datum). (various references) | |
French | données (data, datum point), donnée immédiate, système géodésique (geodetic datum), repère des temps, position probable, point de repère, point de référence (datum point), plan de repère (datum level), plan de référence (datum plane), plan de comparaison (datum level), niveau de repère (datum horizon, structural datum), ligne de référence, horizon (datum plane). (various references) | |
German | datum (date, fact, piece of data). (various references) | |
Greek | σημείο αναφοράς (bench mark, datum point, measuring point, point of reference, reference point), γραμμή βάσεως, γραμμή αναφοράς (analysis line, baseline, base-line, comparison line, datum level, ground line), επίπεδο αναφοράς (contour horizon, datum horizon, datum level, datum plane, structural datum), "εδομένο, δεδομένο (data, fact). (various references) | |
Hebrew | תון (given, handed over, placed, situated). (various references) | |
Hungarian | méretadat (data), adat (data, item), adalék (admixture, data, improver). (various references) | |
Indonesian | fakta (data, evidence, fact, particular), catatan (annotation, data, notation, record), bahan (data, material, matter, object, stuff). (various references) | |
Italian | dato di riferimento, dato (data, fact, gave, given, stated), piano di riferimento (datum level, datum plane), piano di paragone (datum level), livello di riferimento (contour horizon, datum horizon, structural datum), linea di riferimento (baseline, base-line, ground line). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 基点 (cardinal point, datum point, reference point). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | きて" (a quick wit, cardinal point, clever, datum point, quick-wittedness, reference point, starting point, tact, your store or shop). (various references) | |
Korean | 자료 (data). (various references) | |
Manx | nheeghyn. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | atumday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | dado (chip, chummy, dado, data, dice, die, dot, given, sociable), ponto de referência (bench mark, datum point, fiducial mark, guiding mark, landmark, measuring point, picket, reference point, set point), ponto de partida (airline terminus, base, basis, bottom line, origin, source, wellspring), plano de referência (datum plane), linha de referência (reference line, zero line). (various references) | |
Romanian | datã (bout, data, date, day, facts, once, sitting, time), informaţie (communication, dope, griffin, intelligence, knowledge, learning, piece of information, reference), fapte (data, doings). (various references) | |
Russian | элемент данных, данная величина. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | datum (date), podatak (fact, information). (various references) | |
Spanish | dato (data, dope, fact, item, voucher). (various references) | |
Swedish | utgångspunkt (point of departure, starting point), referensnivå, nollplan (datum plane), ledlager (contour horizon, datum horizon, structural datum), fakta (facts). (various references) | |
Turkish | data (data), veri (data, throughput), malumat (data, information, knowledge), haber (announcement, communication, Gen, Griff, griffin, info, information, item, knowledge, message, news, report, tidings, word), bilgiler (data). (various references) | |
Ukranian | характеристика (characteristic, characterization, chit, testimonial), вихідний факт, дана величина. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | mực chuẩn (datum-level), điểm mốc (datum-point). (various references) | |
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| Language | Date | Source | Matthew Chapter 19, Verse 11 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | O de eipen autoiV ou panteV cwrousin ton logon touton all oiV dedotai |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Qui dixit non omnes capiunt verbum istud sed quibus datum est |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Þa cwæð he. ne under-foð ealle menþis word. ac þam þe hyt ge-seald ys. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And he seide to hem, Not alle men taken this word; but to whiche it is youun. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | He sayde vnto them: all me can not awaye with that sayinge save they to whom it is geve. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | But he said to them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | But he said to them, Not all men are able to take in this saying, but only those to whom it is given. |
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| Language | Matthew Chapter 19, Verse 11 |
| Bulgarian | А Той им рече: Не могат всички да приемат тая дума, но ония, на които е дадено. |
| Cebuano | Apan siya miingon kanila, "Dili ang tanang tawo makasagop niining sultiha, kondili sila lamang nga gikahatagan sa katakus paghimo niini. |
| Chinese | 耶 穌 說 、 這 話 不 是 人 都 能 受 的 ． 惟 獨 賜 給 誰 、 誰 " 能 受 。 |
| Croatian | A on im reèe: "Ne shvaæaju toga svi, nego samo oni kojima je dano. |
| Danish | Men han sagde til dem: "Ikke alle rummer dette Ord, men de, hvem det er givet: |
| Dutch | Doch Hij zeide tot hen: Allen vatten dit woord niet, maar dien het gegeven is. |
| Finnish | Mutta hän sanoi heille: "Ei tämä sana kaikkiin sovellu, vaan ainoastaan niihin, joille se on suotu. |
| French | Il leur répondit: Tous ne comprennent pas cette parole, mais seulement ceux qui cela est donné. |
| German | Er sprach zu ihnen: Das Wort faßt nicht jedermann, sondern denen es gegeben ist. |
| Haitian Creole | Jezi reponn yo: Se pa tout moun ki asepte pawòl sa a. Se sèlman moun Bondye bay pouvwa pou sa. |
| Hungarian | Õ pedig monda nékik: Nem mindenki veszi be ezt a beszédet, hanem a kinek adatott. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Yesus menjawab, "Tidak semua orang bisa menerima kata-kata itu, hanya orang-orang yang sudah ditentukan oleh Allah. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Tetapi kata-Nya kepada mereka itu, "Bukannya sekalian orang mengerti perkataan ini, hanyalah orang-orang yang dikaruniakan sahaja. |
| Italian | Egli rispose loro: «Non tutti possono capirlo, ma solo coloro ai quali è stato concesso. |
| Korean | 예 수 께 서 가 라 사 대 사 람 마 다 이 말 을 받 지 못 하 오 직 타 난 자 라 야 지 니 라 |
| Latvian | Viòð tiem sacîja: Visi nesaprot ðo vârdu, bet tie, kam tas ir dots. |
| Manx Gaelic | Agh dooyrt eshyn roo, Cha nee dy chooilley ghooinney oddys shen y ghoaill er, agh adsyn ny-lomarcan daue te er ny choyrt. |
| Maori | Otira ka mea ia ki a ratou, E kore tenei kupu e rite i nga tangata katoa, engari i te hunga i hoatu ai. |
| Modern Greek | Ο δε ειπε προς αυτους· "εν δυνανται παντες να δεχθωσι τον λογον τουτον, αλλ' εις οσους ειναι δεδομενον. |
| Norwegian | Men han sa til dem: Ikke alle fatter dette ord, men bare de som det er gitt. |
| Portuguese | Ele, porém, lhes disse: Nem todos podem aceitar esta palavra, mas somente aqueles a quem é dado. |
| Rumanian | El le -a rqspuns: ,,Nu toyi pot primi cuvkntul acesta, ci numai aceia cqrora le este dat. |
| Russian | пО ЦЕ УЛБЪБМ ЙН: ОЕ ЧУЕ ЧНЕЭБАФ УМПЧП УЙЕ, ОП ЛПНХ "БОП, |
| Shuar | Jesus tiarmiayi "Nu chichamnaka mash antukchamin ainiawai. Antsu Yus nuna umiktin susamua nuke antukmin ainiawai. |
| Spanish | Entonces él les dijo: --No todos son capaces de aceptar esta palabra, sino aquellos a quienes les está concedido. |
| Swahili | Yesu akawaambia, "Si wote wanaoweza kulipokea fundisho hili, isipokuwa tu wale waliojaliwa na Mungu. |
| Swedish | Men han svarade dem: "Icke alla kunna taga emot det ordet, utan allenast de åt vilka sådant är givet. |
| Thai | พระองค์ทรงตอบเขาว่า "มิใช่ทุกคนจะรับประพฤติตามข้อนี้ไ"้ เว้นแต่ผู้ที่ทรงให้ประพฤติไ"้ |
| Ukrainian | А 'ін їм відказав: Це слово вміщають не всі, але ті, кому дано. |
| Uma | Na'uli' Yesus: "Uma hawe'ea tauna bisa ntarima lolita tetu. Aga ria moto tauna to napakatantu Alata'ala bona uma-ra ncamoko. |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "datum": datums. (additional references) | |
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"Datum" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: adum, atum, Batum, Batumi, Dactu, dacum, daiu, darum, daruma, Dashut, datam, datem, Datemi, daten, datim, Datin, datiom, dato, daton, Datu, datume, datums, datus, datux, daum, daut, Dauto, daux, dauz, Dbauto, deium, deum, Dilum, Ditsum, Ditsums, ditu, ditum, dium, Dotun, Doutoum, dtm, dtu, Duntulm, fatum, Fatuma, Hatoum, Jatun, Qayum, timtum. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "datum" (pronounced da"tum or dā"tum) |
| 4 | -a" t u m | atom, stratum. |
| 3 | -t u m | accustom, ageratum, antemortem, arboretum, autumn, Bantam, bottom, centum, custom, dictum, ecosystem, item, momentum, phantom, quantum, rectum, sanctum, subsystem, symptom, system, totem, ultimatum, verbatim, victim. |
| 4 | -ā" t u m | ultimatum, verbatim. |
| 3 | -t u m | accustom, ageratum, antemortem, arboretum, atom, autumn, Bantam, bottom, centum, custom, dictum, ecosystem, item, momentum, phantom, quantum, rectum, sanctum, stratum, subsystem, symptom, system, totem, victim. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-m-t-u" | |
-1 letter: daut, duma, maud, maut. | |
-2 letters: amu, dam, mad, mat, mud, mut, tad, tam, tau, uta. | |
-3 letters: ad, am, at, ma, mu, ta, um, ut. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-m-t-u" | |
+1 letter: adytum, datums, mudcat. | |
+2 letters: durmast, dustman, matured, mudcats, mudflat, mustard, mutated, stadium, tamandu, unmated, untamed. | |
+3 letters: amounted, badmouth, drumbeat, dumpcart, durmasts, dutchman, emulated, modulate, mudflats, muriated, muscadet, mustards, mustardy, outdream, stadiums, summated, talmudic, tamandua, tamandus, umlauted, undreamt, unmatted. | |
+4 letters: admixture, adumbrate, ambulated, amplitude, amputated, anthodium, armatured, augmented, automated, badmouths, cumulated, dentalium, dramaturg, drumbeats, dumpcarts, edematous, fumigated, fundament, judgmatic, maculated, magnitude, maturated, misadjust, modulated, modulates, modulator, multiband, mundanity, muscadets, mustached, mutilated, numerated, outbeamed, outdreams, outdreamt, outmanned, outshamed, ruminated, simulated, talmudism, tamanduas, tamboured, ultimated, unmatched. | |
+5 letters: accustomed, adjustment, admixtures, adumbrated, adumbrates, amplitudes, audiometer, audiometry, auditorium, badmouthed, coatimundi, commutated, culminated, demodulate, dentaliums, desquamate, deutoplasm, documental, dramaturge, dramaturgs, dramaturgy, drumbeater, dumbwaiter, duumvirate, enumerated, formulated, fulminated, fundaments, humidistat, humiliated, judgmental, laundromat, magnitudes, mansuetude, manumitted, medullated, mercurated, micturated, misadjusts, miseducate, modularity, modulating, modulation, modulators, modulatory, multiarmed, multigrade, multimedia, multimodal, multipaned, mutualized, ommatidium, outcharmed, outdreamed, outmarched, outmatched, outsmarted, rheumatoid, rudimental, stimulated, stomodaeum, sublimated, submediant, sudatorium, talmudisms, transmuted, unadmitted, undogmatic, undramatic, unlamented, unmediated. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 61 74 75 6D |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. .- - ..- -- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01100001 01110100 01110101 01101101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D a t u m |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0061 0074 0075 006D |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3867868779 |
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