English Explanatory Dictionary

random variable

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.
  2. A measurable function from a sample space to the measurable space of possible values of the variable.

Word forms

random variable random variables

Synonyms

variate random quantity aleatory variable stochastic variable

Derived words

continuous random variable discrete random variable
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