data point

See also: datapoint

English

Alternative forms

• datapoint, data-point

Noun

data point (plural data points)

1. A mark on a graph or chart corresponding to a piece of data.

   Could you make all the yellow data points bigger?

2. (by extension) The datum that the mark represents; a single piece of information.

   Synonyms: datum, fact

   I think the third data point is inaccurate. Let's measure it again.

   • 2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 4:

     Each time a language was recognised, a data point was recorded, and attention was switched to collecting the next data point.

   • 2022 February 12, Danny Westneat, “The reason voters see past the terrible headlines with Seattle schools”, in The Seattle Times‎:

     Test scores are just one imperfect data point, and none of this is to suggest Seattle schools don’t have problems. These scores still show a decline, and more than 3,000 students have left.

3. 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.

Translations

datum, (ordered set of) measurement(s)

Danish: datapunkt n German: Datenpunkt (de) m

point in chart or graph

Danish: datapunkt n German: Datenpunkt (de) m

Further reading

• “data point”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.