datum vs proposition

datum

noun
  • A premise from which conclusions are drawn. 

  • A floating reference point, or SLDMB, used to evaluate surface currents in a body of water. Often employed by coastal search and rescue. 

  • A fixed reference point or set of reference points which precisely define a system of measurement or a coordinate system. 

  • A fact known from direct observation. 

verb
  • To provide missing data points by using a mathematical model to extrapolate values that are outside the range of a measuring device. 

proposition

noun
  • An assertion so formulated that it can be considered true or false. 

  • A statement of religious doctrine; an article of faith; creed. 

  • In some states, a proposed statute or constitutional amendment to be voted on by the electorate. 

  • The terms of a transaction offered. 

  • An assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be called a theorem. 

  • The act of offering (an idea) for consideration. 

  • An idea or a plan offered. 

  • A complete sentence. 

  • The part of a poem in which the author states the subject or matter of it. 

  • The content of an assertion that may be taken as being true or false and is considered abstractly without reference to the linguistic sentence that constitutes the assertion; (Aristotelian logic) a predicate of a subject that is denied or affirmed and connected by a copula. 

verb
  • To make an offer or suggestion to (someone). 

  • To make a suggestion of sexual intercourse to (someone with whom one is not sexually involved). 

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