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sample space

noun Mathematics.

the collection of all possible results of an experiment, represented as points.

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Nearby words

  1. sampan,
  2. samphire,
  3. sample,
  4. sample point,
  5. sample room,
  6. sampler,
  7. sampling,
  8. sampling distribution,
  9. sampling frame,
  10. sampling statistic
Compare sample point.

Origin of sample space

First recorded in 1950–55
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British Dictionary definitions for sample space

sample space

noun

statistics the set of possible outcomes of an experiment; the range of values of a random variable
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