random variable

random variable

noun Statistics.
a quantity that takes any of a set of values with specified probabilities.
Also called variate.


Origin:
1935–40
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random variable
 
n
statistics rv a quantity that may take any of a range of values, either continuous or discrete, which cannot be predicted with certainty but only described probabilistically

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