DATA POINT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)