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datum plane

datum level or datum line

noun
  1. surveying the horizontal plane from which heights and depths are calculated
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datum plane in Medicine

datum plane

[dā′təm, dăt′əm, dä′təm]
n.
  1. An arbitrary plane used as a base from which to make craniometric measurements.
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