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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.

Origin:
1935–40
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confidence limit  
n.  Either of the two numbers that specify the endpoints of a confidence interval.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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