data point

American  

Or datapoint

noun

1. a single fact or piece of information; a datum.

   Other data points, such as crime statistics, are available from the state government.

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Etymology

Origin of data point

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

A key data point traders were trying to work out was whether Ras Laffan had gone into “cold shutdown”—meaning refrigeration is still ongoing—or “warm,” which would take much longer to recover from.

From The Wall Street Journal

Z-scores measure a price relative to its history – the more technical way of saying that is how many standard deviations away a data point is from its average.

From MarketWatch

“While it’s not a very strong or convincing data point, we highlight that it’s positive, and implies if anything the two factors move in the same direction, not opposite,” he said.

From MarketWatch

"We were able to compare its most preserved inner ear area with other Gogo lungfish. This is an extra data point in the amazing collection of lungfish and early vertebrate species," she says.

From Science Daily

They scrutinize data points like opening weekend sales, actors’ salaries and how a film did in China.

From The Wall Street Journal