"probit" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Chinese]

IPA: /pʰɔː²² piːt̚⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /pʰɔː²² piːt̚⁵/ Chinese transliterations: po⁶ bit¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], poh bīt [Cantonese, Yale], po⁶ bit⁷ [Cantonese, Pinyin], po⁶ bid¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: From clipping of English probability. Etymology templates: {{der|yue|en|probability|probability}} English probability Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} probit
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, mathematics) probability Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong Categories (topical): Mathematics

Noun [English]

Forms: probits [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒbɪt Etymology: Blend of probability + unit. Coined by Chester Ittner Bliss in 1934: “These arbitrary probability units have been termed ‘probits’…” Etymology templates: {{blend|en|probability|unit}} Blend of probability + unit Head templates: {{en-noun}} probit (plural probits)
  1. (statistics) A unit, derived from a standard distribution, used in measuring the responses to doses Categories (topical): Statistics
    Sense id: en-probit-en-noun--LZG8EPX Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics
  2. The probit function, the inverse of the cumulative distribution function. Categories (topical): Functions
    Sense id: en-probit-en-noun-cOEwegCp Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English blends: 43 57 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 79 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 22 78 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: logit, bit

Inflected forms

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