FinnHun Finnish-Hungarian-English on-line dictionary and thesaurus

n (plural: 'data') A measurement of something on a scale understood by both the recorder (a person or device) and the reader (another person or device). The scale is arbitrarily defined, such as from 1 to 10 by ones, 1 to 100 by 0.1, or simply true or false, on or off, yes, no, or maybe, etc.

n (plural: 'data') (philosophy) A fact known from direct observation.

n (plural: 'data') (philosophy) A premise from which conclusions are drawn.

n (plural: 'datums') (cartography|engineering) A fixed reference point.