"probable error" meaning in All languages combined

See probable error on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: probable errors [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} probable error (countable and uncountable, plural probable errors)
  1. (statistics) The half-range of an interval about a central point for the distribution, such that half of the values from the distribution will lie within the interval and half outside. Wikipedia link: probable error Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Statistics
    Sense id: en-probable_error-en-noun-nFgOqmaZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics

Inflected forms

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