datum : Idioms & Phrases


Datum line

  • (Surv.), the horizontal or base line, from which the heights of points are reckoned or measured, as in the plan of a railway, etc.
Webster 1913

sense datum

  • noun an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation
    sense impression; sense experience; sensation; esthesis; aesthesis.
    • a sensation of touch
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