"confounder" meaning in All languages combined

See confounder on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: confounders [plural]
Etymology: confound + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|confound|er|id2=agent noun}} confound + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} confounder (plural confounders)
  1. A person who confounds
    Sense id: en-confounder-en-noun-foNgUBet
  2. (mathematics) A factor, in data analysis, that causes the effects of two distinct processes to be indistinguishable; a confounding variable Categories (topical): Mathematics Translations (factor causing two distinct processes): sekoittava tekijä (Finnish), sekoittaja (Finnish), confondeur (French)
    Sense id: en-confounder-en-noun-eS70iT9U Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 87 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 21 79 Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'factor causing two distinct processes': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: deconfound

Inflected forms

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