datum
Example Sentences
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So went the prohibition on artificial intelligence in Frank Herbert’s 1965 novel “Dune,” and what was then a datum of fictional world-building is now a real and pressing concern.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025
“The horizontal buildings and concrete walls are a datum against which the landscape can be seen,” Mr. Williams said.
From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2022
Moving in tandem through a sequence of points, the team builds up a series of height marks relative to a known baseline, or datum.
From BBC • Sep. 6, 2019
Researchers rate each datum for accuracy, using a system developed by SFEI.
From Scientific American • Jun. 13, 2019
No plural form is necessary, and the old singular, datum, can be left to the Romans.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
