"fair coin" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fair coins [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fair coin (plural fair coins)
  1. (idiomatic, probability theory, statistics) A sequence of independent Bernoulli trials (a Bernoulli process) with probability 1/2 of success on each trial. Wikidata QID: Q5429954 Tags: idiomatic
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  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: an ideal coin, one so physically perfect that it has zero bias in its flipping. Related terms: fair cake-cutting, fair go, no fair, unfair
    Sense id: en-fair_coin-en-noun-en:literal Categories (other): &lit not valid pagename

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