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sta⋅tis⋅tic

[stuh-tis-tik]
–noun Statistics.
a numerical fact or datum, esp. one computed from a sample.

Origin:
1780–90; < NL statisticus. See status, -istic
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sta·tis·tic   (stə-tĭs'tĭk)   
n.  
  1. A numerical datum.

  2. A numerical value, such as standard deviation or mean, that characterizes the sample or population from which it was derived.

  3. One viewed as a nameless item of statistical information: got laid off and became another statistic in the slumping economy.


[Ultimately from New Latin statisticus, of statecraft; see statistics.]
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Word Origin & History

statistic  (n.)
"quantitative fact or statement," 1880; see statistics.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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