Word: metadatum
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: me
ta
da
tum
Definition: One piece of metadata; a piece of information describing a piece of data.
Morphemes:
Affix: meta-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Pertaining to a level above or beyond; reflexive; about itself or about other things of the same type. For example, metadata is data that describes data, metalanguage is language that describes language, etc.
Affix: datum
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To provide missing data points by using a mathematical model to extrapolate values that are outside the range of a measuring device.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: datum
Language: la
Decoded: datum
Meaning: a given