- Something given or admitted; a fact or principle granted;
that upon which an inference or an argument is based; -- used chiefly
in the plural. - The quantities or relations which are assumed to be given in
any problem.
Datum (geodetic) Datum (geodetic) —refers to
1. A reference surface consisting of five quantities: the latitude and longitude of an initial point, the azimuth of a line from that point, and the parameters ...
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