English Explanatory Dictionary

birthday paradox

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The counterintuitive observation that a random group of people needs to have only 23 members before there is a 50% chance of two of them having the same birthday.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

birthday paradox

Related words

birthday problem
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