What is the meaning of DATUM. Phrases containing DATUM
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The last known position of a suspected enemy submarine.
For a submarine to leave the area where is had been detected, which is called a "Datum". Also means for the perpetrators to leave the scene of the crime, before they get caught.
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A section of memory in a computer used for temporary storage of data, in which the last datum stored is the first retrieved.
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See Datum.
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Any fact or truth which is decisively attested or intuitively known as a psychological or philosophical datum; as, the deliverance of consciousness.
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The basis on which anything rests; foundation. Hence: The foundation of knowledge, belief, or conviction; a premise, reason, or datum; ultimate or first principle; cause of existence or occurrence; originating force or agency; as, the ground of my hope.
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The quantities or relations which are assumed to be given in any problem.
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Something given or admitted; a fact or principle granted; that upon which an inference or an argument is based; -- used chiefly in the plural.
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Formerly, a part of the Roman chancery; now, a separate office from which are sent graces or favors, cognizable in foro externo, such as appointments to benefices. The name is derived from the word datum, given or dated (with the indications of the time and place of granting the gift or favor).
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