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(mathematics) Reduction to lower terms, as a fraction.
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(of an adjective form) Positive; not graded (not comparative or superlative).
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(slang) A person or thing of absolutely no consequence.
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(mathematics) Designating the members in a series, which regularly intervene between the members of another series, as the odd or even numbers of the numerals; every other; every second.
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(nonstandard, sometimes proscribed) The number (the sum) of elements in a set.
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(also astronomy) A quantity on which the calculation of another quantity depends.
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(statistics) Any relationship between two measured quantities that renders them statistically dependent (but not necessarily causal or a correlation).
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(statistics) Employing autoregression, using a weighted sample of past data to predict future results
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(statistics) Any measure of central tendency, especially any mean, the median, or the mode.
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(mathematics) Synonym of radix.
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(mathematics) Applying a function to the result of another.
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(computing theory) The property of being computable by purely mechanical means.
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(obsolete) Consistent; logical.
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(computing theory) Of a behaviour in a distributed system: such that decisions can be made by each site based on what it observes, without the need for input from other sites.
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(mathematics, statistics) A sample meant to be representative of a whole population.
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Alternative form of cross-ratio [(geometry) A special number associated with an ordered quadruple of collinear points, particularly points on a projective line, and preserved by the fractional linear transformations.]
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(idiomatic) To figure; to do the math.
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A branch of applied probability theory concerned with the theory of decision making based on models describing probabilities, actions, constraints, and preferences.
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(computing) The set of differences between two versions of a file.
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(grammar) Deriving from a numeral.
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(statistics) Having a probability that is affected by the outcome of a separate event.
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(sciences) An outcome measured to see the effectiveness of the treatment.
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(statistics) A branch of statistics dealing with summarization and description of collections of data—data sets, including the concepts of arithmetic mean, median, mode, and quantile.
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(logic) The division of a class into two disjoint subclasses that are together comprehensive, as the division of man into white and not white.
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(computing) A program that diffs, a diff.
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(countable) The result of a subtraction; sometimes the absolute value of this result.
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(transitive, mathematics) To calculate the derivative of a function.
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(countable) The amount of space between two points, usually geographical points, usually (but not necessarily) measured along a straight line.
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(transitive, arithmetic, with by) To calculate the number (the quotient) by which you must multiply one given number (the divisor) to produce a second given number (the dividend).
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(arithmetic, uncountable) The process of dividing a number by another.
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(mathematics) The process of approaching some limiting value.
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(statistics) A measure of the strength or magnitude of the effect of an independent variable on a dependent variable in an experiment or a quasi-experiment.
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A factor, one of the conditions contributing to a result.
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Of, pertaining to, or constructed using equations
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(statistics) Relating to equal quantities
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(transitive, arithmetic) To determine (a root of a number).
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(transitive, algebra) To isolate a common factor from an expression.
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(game theory) a kind of fair division problem in which there is a divisible heterogeneous resource that must be divided among several partners in a subjectively fair way
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(statistics) A statistical test for deciding whether a data point is an outlier.
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(sciences) A number representing a property or ratio, a coefficient.
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(statistics) A value that fits a pattern, rather than being an outlier.
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(addition) The negative of a given number.
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(statistics) A resampling method that applies estimators to all subsamples that each omit a single different group (possibly of a single datapoint) of the original sample to provide a sample distribution of the estimate.
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(statistics, derogatory) A statistical regression which uses many possible independent variables to attempt to explain variance in a dependent variable.
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(mathematics) to sort the nodes of a tree graph on one level by the count of their subnodes (on all levels under the node)
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(mathematics) A number, assigned to something, such that it may be compared to others numerically
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The variable in a scientific experiment that is changed.
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(mathematics) A manipulable object designed to demonstrate a mathematical concept.
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(statistics, probability) A single number used to characterize a batch, sample, or distribution or the position of an element of it.
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(mathematics, rare, obsolete) Synonym of subtrahend, the amount subtracted from a number.
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(computing theory) Of or relating to a kind of operator that can combine any of the infix, prefix, postfix, and closed notations.
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A list whose items are numbered, with various styles including Arabic numerals and Roman numerals.
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Quality of being numbered.
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Resembling or characteristic of a number.
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Obsolete spelling of number [(countable) An abstract entity used to describe quantity.]
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Alternative spelling of numéraire [a basic standard by which values are measured]
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Quantification or representation with numbers.
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a basic standard by which values are measured
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Matching each member of one set with exactly one member of another set.
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(statistics) Any measured quantity of a statistical population that summarises or describes an aspect of the population.
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(statistics, transitive) To take the partial regression coefficient.
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(informal) A permutation.
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Numerically, the column counting a certain quantity.
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(statistics) The mean (usually arithmetic, but possibly geometric) of all members of a population or all possible values from which a sample can be taken, as opposed to a sample mean.
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(arithmetic) A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and error.
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(computing theory) Alternative spelling of postorder [(computing theory) Of a tree traversal, recursively visiting the left and right subtrees before the root.]
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(statistics) Any of a group of interdependent data that are mistakenly treated as independent.
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(statistics) The bias to meta-analysis resulting from statistical studies with low statistical power tending to remain unpublished and inaccessible to the analyst.
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Abbreviation of quantity. [A fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement (count, amount) of a scalar, vector, number of items or to some other way of denominating the value of a collection or group of items.]
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Obsolete spelling of quantity [A fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement (count, amount) of a scalar, vector, number of items or to some other way of denominating the value of a collection or group of items.]
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A fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement (count, amount) of a scalar, vector, number of items or to some other way of denominating the value of a collection or group of items.
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The relation of an object to number.
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(mathematics) The sum of ranks of members of a sample population
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The proportional relationship between one amount, value etc. and another.
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A number representing a comparison between two named things.
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Alternative form of regression to the mean. [(statistics) The phenomenon by which extreme examples from any set of data are likely to be followed by examples which are less extreme; a tendency towards the average of any sample. For example, the offspring of two very tall individuals tend to be tall, but closer to the average (mean) than either of their parents.]
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(countable, chiefly in the plural) An evaluation of the similarities and differences between things; a comparison; hence, a difference in position or status between things; a disparity.
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(mathematics) Of a decimal: recurring.
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(mathematics) A repeated part in repeating decimals.
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(statistics) the difference between the observed value and the estimated value of the quantity of interest
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(statistics) A subset of a population selected for measurement, observation or questioning, to provide statistical information about the population.
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(statistics) The analysis obtained through a smoothing procedure.
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A person, or personal event, reduced to being an item of statistical information.
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Pertaining to statistical significance
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Ellipsis of Student's t test. [(statistics) Any statistical hypothesis test in which the test statistic has a Student's t-distribution if the null hypothesis is true.]
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(statistics) Obtained using a Student's t-test.
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(statistics) Ellipsis of Student's t-test.
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(statistics) Accepting the null hypothesis when the null hypothesis is false.
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(mathematics) Having a size or magnitude of one.
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(statistics) The technique of averaging three or more subjects' estimated or elicited quantile functions in order to define group quantiles from which F can be constructed.
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Alternative spelling of z-order [(computer graphics) The order in which objects should be drawn in order to display correctly.]
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