central limit theorem

English

Alternative forms

• (the theorem): Central Limit Theorem

Noun

central limit theorem (plural central limit theorems)

1. (statistics and mathematics, singular only) The theorem that states that if the sum of independent identically distributed random variables has a finite variance, then it will be approximately normally distributed.
2. (mathematics, countable) Any of various similar theorems.

Translations

the theorem

• Czech: centrální limitní věta f
• Finnish: keskeinen raja-arvolause
• French: théorème central limite m
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• Icelandic: meginmarkgildissetning tölfræðinnar f, höfuðsetning tölfræðinnar f
• Russian: центра́льная преде́льная теоре́ма f (centrálʹnaja predélʹnaja teoréma)

any similar theorem

• Finnish: keskeinen raja-arvolause
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