statistic
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Back-formation from statistics.
Adjective [edit]
statistic (comparative more statistic, superlative most statistic)
- Alternative spelling of statistical.
Translations [edit]
Noun [edit]
statistic (plural statistics)
- A single item in a statistical study.
- A quantity calculated from the data in a sample, which characterises an important aspect in the sample (such as mean or standard deviation).
- A person, or personal event, reduced to being an item of statistical information.
- By dying from an overdose, he became just another statistic.
Synonyms [edit]
- (person, reduced to item of information): number
Hyponyms [edit]
- See also Wikisaurus:statistic
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
single item of a statistical study
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quantity calculated from the data in a sample
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something reduced to an item in a statistic
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Romanian [edit]
Adjective [edit]
statistic m and n
