Wiktionary
alt. 1 A mark on a graph or chart corresponding to a piece of data. 2 (context by extension English) the data that the mark represents. 3 A socket for connecting to a phone line or other electronic network. n. 1 A mark on a graph or chart corresponding to a piece of data. 2 (context by extension English) the data that the mark represents. 3 A socket for connecting to a phone line or other electronic network.
WordNet
n. an item of factual information derived from measurement or research [syn: datum]
Wikipedia
In statistics, a data point or observation is a set of one or more measurements on a single member of a statistical population. For example, in a study of the determinants of money demand with the unit of observation being the individual, a data point might be the values of income, wealth, age of individual, number of dependents. Statistical inference about the population would be conducted using a statistical sample consisting of various such data points.
In addition, in statistical graphics, a "data point" may be an individual item with a statistical display; such points may relate to either a single member of a population or to a summary statistic calculated for a given subpopulation.
Usage examples of "data point".
Besides, the spectral and SG data point to the presence of living beings.
Sirkin seemed to be making fewer of them now, in all categoriesanother data point on the plot of carelessness.
You can't extrapolate from a single data point , Dax told herself firmly.
This entire universe, not just our own galaxy, but all the galaxies that stretch to the end of the heavens, will provide one single data point for God.