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sample space

noun

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

sample space

noun

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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of sample space1

First recorded in 1950–55

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