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DATA POINT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An item of factual information derived from measurement or research
Synonyms:
data point; datum
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("data point" is a kind of...):
information (knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "data point"):
indication; meter reading; reading (a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument)
statistic (a datum that can be represented numerically)