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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.  A variable whose values are random but whose statistical distribution is known.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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