data point
See also: datapoint
English
Alternative forms
Noun
data point (plural data points)
- A mark on a graph or chart corresponding to a piece of data.
- Could you make all the yellow data points bigger?
- (by extension) The datum that the mark represents.
- 2019, Li Huang; James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, , page 4:
- Each time a language was recognised, a data point was recorded, and attention was switched to collecting the next data point.
- I think the third data point is inaccurate. Let's measure it again.
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- A socket for connecting to a phone line or other electronic network.
- I sat on the end of the row so I could use the data point.
Synonyms
- (data represented by a mark): datum
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