"central limit theorem" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: central limit theorems [plural]
Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: singular, singular-only Categories (topical): Mathematics, Statistics Synonyms (the theorem): Central Limit Theorem Translations (the theorem): կենտրոնական սահմանային թեորեմ (kentronakan sahmanayin tʻeorem) (Armenian), centrální limitní věta [feminine] (Czech), keskeinen raja-arvolause (Finnish), théorème central limite [masculine] (French), Zentraler Grenzwertsatz [masculine] (German), meginmarkgildissetning tölfræðinnar [feminine] (Icelandic), höfuðsetning tölfræðinnar [feminine] (Icelandic), центра́льная преде́льная теоре́ма (centrálʹnaja predélʹnaja teoréma) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-central_limit_theorem-en-noun-l5xrXvS1 Categories (other): English singularia tantum, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics Disambiguation of 'the theorem': 72 28 Disambiguation of 'the theorem': 72 28
  2. (mathematics, countable) Any of various similar theorems. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Mathematics Translations (any similar theorem): կենտրոնական սահմանային թեորեմ (kentronakan sahmanayin tʻeorem) (Armenian), keskeinen raja-arvolause (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-central_limit_theorem-en-noun-gjKhsIog Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'any similar theorem': 24 76

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