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

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English

Adjective

plim (comparative more plim, superlative most plim)

1. (chiefly South Wales) plump; full

Verb

plim (third-person singular simple present plims, present participle pliming, simple past and past participle plimed)

1. (chiefly South Wales) To swell or inflate; to fill up

Anagrams

• IPML, limp, pilm

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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 (indefinite plural plimë, definite singular plimi, definite plural plimët)

1. mass crowd

Adjective

plim m (feminine plime)

1. in heaps, in piles

Related terms

• plotë