estimator
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin aestimātor;[1] equivalent to estimate + -or.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɛs.tɪˌmeɪ.tə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɛs.təˌmeɪ.tɚ/, [ˈɛs.təˌmeɪ.ɾɚ]
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈes.tɪˌmæɪ.tə/, [ˈes.tɪˌmæɪ.ɾə]
Noun[edit]
estimator (plural estimators)
- A person who estimates, especially one who estimates costs
- 1596, James Melville, The Diary of Mr James Melvill. 1556-1601., Edinburgh, published 1829, page 225:
- The Æstimators of the Valor of everie Townes Teinds.
- (mathematics) A function of a random sample of a population used to estimate some parameter of the whole population
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References[edit]
- ^ “estimator, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French estimateur. By surface analysis, estima + -tor.
Noun[edit]
estimator m (plural estimatori)
Declension[edit]
Declension of estimator
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) estimator | estimatorul | (niște) estimatori | estimatorii |
genitive/dative | (unui) estimator | estimatorului | (unor) estimatori | estimatorilor |
vocative | estimatorule | estimatorilor |
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