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Source data

/sɔːrs ˈdeɪ.tə/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2450 frequency
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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Information or facts that are obtained from a specific origin or reference point.

    "The source data for the research was collected from various government databases."
  2. 2

    Raw information used for analysis or processing in various fields such as computing and statistics.

    "Before running the analysis, ensure that the source data is clean and well-organized."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'source', derived from the Latin 'surgere' (meaning 'to rise'), and 'data', the plural of the Latin 'datum' (meaning 'something given'). Together, it emerged in modern information technology and statistics to denote the foundational raw input material from which information is derived.

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🇫🇷French → English

Données sources

Transliteration: Données sources

"Les données sources pour l'étude ont été collectées auprès de diverses bases de données gouvernementales."

🇩🇪German → English

Quelldaten

Transliteration: Quelldaten

"Die Quelldaten für die Forschung wurden aus verschiedenen Regierungsdatenbanken gesammelt."

🇮🇹Italian → English

Dati sorgente

Transliteration: Dati sorgente

"I dati sorgente per la ricerca sono stati raccolti da vari database governativi."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

Datos fuente

Transliteration: Datos fuente

"Los datos fuente para la investigación se recopilaron de varias bases de datos gubernamentales."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

Dados de origem

Transliteration: Dados de origem

"Os dados de origem para a pesquisa foram coletados de várias bases de dados governamentais."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

स्रोत डेटा

Transliteration: Srot data

"अनुसंधान के लिए स्रोत डेटा विभिन्न सरकारी डेटाबेस से एकत्र किया गया था।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

源数据

Transliteration: Yuán shùjù

"研究的源数据来自多个政府数据库。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

소스 데이터

Transliteration: Soseu deiteo

"연구를 위한 소스 데이터는 여러 정부 데이터베이스에서 수집되었습니다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

ソースデータ

Transliteration: Sōsu dēta

"研究のためのソースデータは、さまざまな政府のデータベースから収集されました。"

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