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metadatum

metadatum noun: one piece of metadata; a piece of information describing a piece of data.

Noun

metadatum (plural metadata)

  1. One piece of metadata; a piece of information describing a piece of data.
    • The timezone metadatum of the date field can be used to guess the location of the user.

Forms of metadatum

pluralmetadata

Origin of metadatum

From meta- + datum.

Questions about metadatum

What does metadatum mean?
Metadatum means one piece of metadata; a piece of information describing a piece of data.
What part of speech is metadatum?
Metadatum is a noun.
What is the plural of metadatum?
The plural of metadatum is metadata.

Words near metadatum in the dictionary

  1. metadata
  2. metadatabase
  3. metadatabases
  4. metadataset
  5. metadatasets
  6. metadatum
  7. metadebate
  8. metadebates
  9. metadefinition
  10. metadefinitions
  11. metadelrioite

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