metadatum

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noun

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.”

OriginEnglish datum ← Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-) →
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Meanings

nounmetadatum (plural metadata)

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.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekμετᾰ́ (metắ)
  2. Ancient Greekμετᾰ- (metă-)
  3. Englishmeta-
  4. Englishdatum
  5. Englishmetadatum

From meta- + datum.

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APA

metadatum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metadatum

MLA

“metadatum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metadatum. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “metadatum,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metadatum.

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