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variate

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var⋅i⋅ate

  [vair-ee-it, -eyt]
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–noun
1. Statistics. random variable.
2. variant.
Origin:
1810–20; < L variātus ptp. of variāre to vary; see -ate 1

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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var·i·ate   (vâr'ē-ĭt, -āt', vār'-)   
n.   Statistics
A random variable with a numerical value that is defined on a given sample space.

[From Latin variātus, past participle of variāre, to vary; see vary.]
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