confidence limits

plural noun Statistics.

a pair of numbers used to estimate a characteristic of a population, such that the numbers can be stated with a specified probability that the population characteristic is included between them.

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Origin of confidence limits

First recorded in 1935–40

Words nearby confidence limits

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