"random variable" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: random variables [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} random variable (plural random variables)
  1. (statistics, broadly) A quantity whose value is random and to which a probability distribution is assigned, such as the possible outcome of a roll of a dice. Tags: broadly Categories (topical): Statistics Synonyms: variate, random quantity [broadly], aleatory variable [broadly, formal], stochastic variable [broadly, formal] Derived forms: continuous random variable, discrete random variable
    Sense id: en-random_variable-en-noun-An9B7a8q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics
  2. (statistics, formally) A measurable function from a sample space to the measurable space of possible values of the variable. Tags: formal Categories (topical): Statistics Translations (measurable function from a sample space): مُتَغَيِّر عَشْوَائِيّ (mutaḡayyir ʕašwāʔiyy) (Arabic), náhodná veličina [feminine] (Czech), stokasto (Esperanto), satunnaismuuttuja (Finnish), Zufallsvariable [feminine] (German), Zufallsgröße [feminine] (German), τυχαία μεταβλητή (tychaía metavlití) [feminine] (Greek), משתנה מקרי (mishtané mikrí) [masculine] (Hebrew), valószínűségi változó (Hungarian), valváltozó (Hungarian), hending [feminine] (Icelandic), slembibreyta [feminine] (Icelandic), slembistærð [feminine] (Icelandic), slemba [feminine] (Icelandic), 確率変数 (Japanese), taurangi matapōkere (Maori), zmienna losowa [feminine] (Polish), variabilă aleatorie [feminine] (Romanian), variabilă incidentală [feminine] (Romanian), variable aleatoria [feminine] (Spanish), slumpvariabel [common-gender] (Swedish), alisagang aligin (Tagalog), випадко́ва величина́ (vypadkóva velyčyná) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-random_variable-en-noun-Sqasj~w2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics Disambiguation of 'measurable function from a sample space': 12 88

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