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ˈestiˌmator

British  
/ ˈɛstɪˌmeɪtə /

noun

  1. a person or thing that estimates

  2. statistics a derived random variable that generates estimates of a parameter of a given distribution, such as ̄X , the mean of a number of identically distributed random variables Xi. If ̄X is unbiased, ̄x , the observed value should be close to E ( Xi ) See also sampling statistic

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