plim

Translingual

Symbol

plim

1. (mathematics) probability limit

   For a sequence {X_n} of random variables ${\underset {n\to \infty }{\operatorname {plim} }}\,X_{n}=X$ is the same as $\lim _{n\to \infty }\operatorname {Pr} {\big (}|X_{n}-X|\geq \varepsilon {\big )}=0$ $(\forall \varepsilon >0)$

See also

• lim

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪm

Adjective

plim (comparative more plim, superlative most plim)

1. (chiefly South Wales) plump; full

Verb

plim (third-person singular simple present plims, present participle plimming, simple past and past participle plimmed)

1. (chiefly South Wales) To swell or inflate; to fill up.
   • 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 32:

     "Don't that make your bosom plim?"

Anagrams

• IPML, impl, limp, pilm

Albanian

Alternative forms

• plym

Etymology

A deverbative in -i(m), based on an unattested verb *plyej, from Proto-Albanian *plānja (“to fill”), from Proto-Indo-European *plē (“full”).

Noun

plim m (plural plimë, definite plimi, definite plural plimët)

1. mass crowd
2. row

Declension

Declension of plim

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	plim	plimë	plimi	plimët
accusative			plimin
dative	plimi	plimëve	plimit	plimëve
ablative		plimësh

Adjective

plim (feminine plime)

1. in heaps, in piles

Related terms

• plotë

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French plume (“feather”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plim/

Noun

plim

1. feather

Rade

Etymology

Borrowed from French plume (“quill”).

Noun

plim

1. pen (writing tool)

Spanish

Alternative forms

• plin

Interjection

plim

1. meh (expressing indifference)

Further reading

• “plim”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014