Something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation.
An individual value or measurement at the lowest level of granularity in a data warehouse.
An objective consensus on a fundamental reality that has been agreed upon by a substantial number of experts.
Something which is real.
A wrongful or criminal deed.
Something actual as opposed to invented.
Information about a particular subject, especially actual conditions and/or circumstances.
Used before making a statement to introduce it as a trustworthy one.
A proposition or statement supported by arguments.
In the dialectical method of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel: the initial stage of reasoning where a formal statement of a point is developed; this is followed by antithesis and synthesis.
A depression of the voice when pronouncing a syllables of a word; hence, the unstressed part of the metrical foot of a verse upon which such a depression falls, or an unaccented musical note.
The action of lowering the hand or bringing down the foot when indicating a rhythm; hence, an accented part of a measure of music or verse indicated by this action; an ictus, a stress.
A lengthy essay written to establish the validity of a thesis (sense 1.1), especially one submitted in order to complete the requirements for a non-doctoral degree in the US and a doctoral degree in the UK; a dissertation.
An affirmation, or distinction from a supposition or hypothesis.
A conjecture, especially one too vague to be formally stated or verified but useful as a working convention.