random variable
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noun Statistics.
a quantity that takes any of a set of values with specified probabilities.
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Also called variate.
Origin of random variable
First recorded in 1935–40
Words nearby random variable
random number, random number generator, random numbers, random rubble, random sampling, random variable, random walk, random walk theory, R and R, Randwick, randy
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random variable
noun
statistics a quantity that may take any of a range of values, either continuous or discrete, which cannot be predicted with certainty but only described probabilisticallyAbbreviation: rv
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