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noun
- (countable, statistics) A statistical study performed using the method.
- (uncountable, statistics) A statistical method used to describe variability among observed correlated variables in terms of one or more unobserved variables (called factors).
- any of several methods for reducing correlational data to a smaller number of dimensions or factors; beginning with a correlation matrix a small number of components or factors are extracted that are regarded as the basic variables that account for the interrelations observed in the data
noun
- (countable, mathematics, statistics) A measure of how well an observed distribution approximates a normal distribution.
- (uncountable) The state of being normal or usual; normalcy.
- (chemistry) The concentration of a solution expressed in gram equivalent weights of solute per litre of solution.
- expectedness as a consequence of being usual or regular or common
- (of a solution) concentration expressed in gram equivalents of solute per liter
- conformity with the norm
- being within certain limits that define the range of normal functioning
noun
- (countable) A test or method used for this purpose.
- (medicine) Identifying cases of a disease in a population of asymptomatic persons.
- (business) Identifying latent unsuitabilities in business propositions, job applicants, or investment opportunities.
- (soccer) Shielding.
- (uncountable) Mesh material that is used to screen (as in a "screen door").
- (by extension, uncountable) The examination of any material or persons to detect problems through any of various testing, checking, or filtering processes, as:
- (volleyball) Action done by the serving team to prevent the opposing team from seeing the server and the flight path of the ball.
- The examination and treatment of a material to detect and remove unwanted fractions by passing it through a screen (sieve).
- (in the plural) Material removed by such a process; refuse left after screening sand, coal, ashes, etc.
- The showing of a film, typically by projecting it on a screen.
- testing objects or persons in order to identify those with particular characteristics
- the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it
- fabric of metal or plastic mesh
- the display of a motion picture
verb
noun
- (countable) An instance of such a study.
- (sciences, design of experiments, idiomatic, uncountable) Any of a class of study designs in which scientists with conflicting theories work together with others who are neutral or agnostic about those theories, and this team runs an experiment to test the theories empirically and thus find out whether one of the theories is contradicted by the evidence found.
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- (countable) An act or process of applying general principles or formulae to the explanation of the results obtained in special cases.
- (countable) A sense given by an interpreter; an exposition or explanation given; meaning.
- (uncountable, linguistics, translation studies) The discipline or study of translating one spoken or signed language into another (as opposed to translation, which concerns itself with written language).
- (countable) An act of interpreting or explaining something unclear; a translation; a version.
- (uncountable) The power of explaining.
- (countable, physics) An approximation that allows aspects of a mathematical theory to be discussed in ordinary language.
- (countable, logic, model theory) An assignment of a truth value to each propositional symbol of a propositional calculus.
- Short for heritage interpretation
- (countable) An artist's way of expressing thought or embodying a conception of nature through art.
- a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something
- the act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance
- an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious
- an explanation that results from interpreting something
adj
- (statistics) Having been subjected to, or resulting from a factor analysis.
- (mathematics, logic) Expressed in terms of factors (values that are multiplied together to form a whole)
- Based on groups or categories of inputs.
- Adjusted (usually increased) to compensate for unknown factors or associated amounts.
- Pertaining to the sale of receivables to a third party.
verb
adj
- (statistics) Relating to the statistical mode.
- Of, or relating to a mode or modus.
- (graphical user interface) Requiring immediate user interaction and thus presented so that it cannot be closed or interacted behind until a decision is made.
- (music) Of, relating to, or composed in the musical modi by which an octave is divided, associated with emotional moods in Ancient — and in medieval ecclesiastical — music.
- (computing) Having separate modes in which user input has different effects.
- (logic) Of, or relating to the modality between propositions.
- (metaphysics) Relating to the form of a thing rather to any of its attributes.
- (of music, by extension) In a mode which is not major or minor scale, the standard modes used in the Western musical tradition.
- (grammar) Of, relating to, or describing the mood of a clause.
- relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution
- relating to or expressing the mood of a verb
- of or relating to a musical mode; especially written in an ecclesiastical mode
noun
- (fabric) A semi-synthetic fabric, a very soft kind of rayon textile made from beech tree pulp and processed with chemicals.
- (grammar) A modal verb.
- (graphical user interface) A modal window, one that cannot be closed until a decision is made.
- (logic) A modal proposition.
- (linguistics) A modal form, notably a modal auxiliary.
- an auxiliary verb (such as ‘can’ or ‘will’) that is used to express modality
verb
adj
noun
- A single item in a statistical study.
- A quantity calculated from the data in a sample, which characterises an important aspect in the sample (such as mean or standard deviation).
- A person, or personal event, reduced to being an item of statistical information.
- a datum that can be represented numerically
noun
- (countable) A case used in a such research.
- (uncountable) Research performed in detail on a single individual, group, incident or community, as opposed to, for instance, a sample of the whole population.
- a careful study of some social unit (as a corporation or division within a corporation) that attempts to determine what factors led to its success or failure
- a detailed analysis of a person or group from a social or psychological or medical point of view
adv
- (statistics) Pertaining to or based on the correspondence between a parameter in a sample and the same parameter in the population from which the sample was drawn.
- (proscribed) Synonym of fiducial (accepted as a basis of reference)
- In a fiducial manner; using or as a reference marker.
- With confidence.
- (law) In a fiduciary manner.
noun
- (statistics) One of the specific values which may be taken by a categorical variable.
- A tool for finding whether a surface is level, or for creating a horizontal or vertical line of reference.
- (computer science) Distance from the root node of a tree structure.
- (British) An area of almost perfectly flat land.
- (video games) One of several discrete segments of a game, generally increasing in difficulty and representing different locations in the game world.
- A distance relative to a given reference elevation.
- (Singapore, education) A school grade or year.
- Degree or amount.
- Achievement or qualification.
- A floor of a multi-storey building.
- (roleplaying games, video games) A numeric value given to a character (or other element of a game) that represents its relative power, challenge or eligibility to do things, used as a game mechanic to govern progression through a game.
- indicator that establishes the horizontal when a bubble is centered in a tube of liquid
- a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
- a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality
- height above ground
- an abstract place usually conceived as having depth
- a flat surface at right angles to a plumb line
- a relative position or degree of value in a graded group
- a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale
adj
- The same height at all places; parallel to a flat ground.
- Unvaried in volume.
- Unvaried in frequency.
- Straightforward; direct; clear.
- (phonetics) Of even tone; without rising or falling inflection; monotonic.
- In the same position or rank.
- Well balanced; even; just; steady; impartial.
- (physics) Perpendicular to a gravitational force.
- At the same height as some reference; constructed as level with.
- Calm.
- being on a precise horizontal plane
- oriented at right angles to the plumb
- of the score in a contest
- having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
- not showing abrupt variations
verb
- (transitive) To destroy by reducing to ground level; to raze.
- (transitive, figurative) To bring to a common level or plane, in respect of rank, condition, character, privilege, etc.
- (intransitive) To speak honestly and openly [with with ‘someone’] (see: level with).
- (intransitive, roleplaying games, video games) To progress to the next level.
- (transitive) To adjust so as to make as flat or perpendicular to the ground as possible.
- (transitive) To direct or impose (a penalty, fine, etc) at or upon (someone) [with on or against or at].
- (transitive) To aim or direct (a weapon, a stare, an accusation, etc).
- (intransitive, sports) To make the score of a game equal.
- (transitive) To adjust or adapt to a certain level.
- direct into a position for use
- talk frankly with; lay it on the line
- tear down so as to make flat with the ground
- aim at
- make level or straight
- become level or even
noun
- (statistics) The process of removing statistical error in repeated measured data.
- (diplomacy) Process of establishing normal diplomatic relations between two countries.
- (sociology) A process whereby artificial and unwanted norms of behaviour and models of behaviour are made to seem natural and wanted, through propaganda, influence, imitation and conformity.
- (economics) Globalization, the process of making a worldwide normal and dominant model of production and consumption.
- (operations) Normalized production.
- (politics) Sharing or enforcement of standard policies.
- (databases) In relational database design, a process that breaks down data into record groups for efficient processing, by eliminating redundancy.
- Standardization, act of imposing standards or norms or rules or regulations.
- Any process that makes something more normal or regular, which typically means conforming to some regularity or rule, or returning from some state of abnormality.
- the imposition of standards or regulations
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- (philosophy of science) Verifiable by means of scientific experimentation.
- Pertaining to or based on experience, as opposed to theory.
- Pertaining to, derived from, or testable by observations made using the physical senses or using instruments which extend the senses.
- relying on medical quackery
- derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
noun
- (countable) An effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial.
- (uncountable) The degree of evidence which convinces the mind of any truth or fact, and produces belief; a test by facts or arguments which induce, or tend to induce, certainty of the judgment; conclusive evidence; demonstration.
- The quality or state of having been proved or tried; firmness or hardness which resists impression, or does not yield to force; impenetrability of physical bodies.
- (countable, mathematics) A process for testing the accuracy of an operation performed. Compare prove, transitive verb, 5.
- (countable, printing) A proof sheet; a trial impression, as from type, taken for correction or examination.
- (numismatics) A limited-run high-quality strike of a particular coin, originally as a test run, although nowadays mostly for collectors' sets.
- (countable, logic, mathematics) A sequence of statements consisting of axioms, assumptions, statements already demonstrated in another proof, and statements that logically follow from previous statements in the sequence, and which concludes with a statement that is the object of the proof.
- (US) A measure of the alcohol content of liquor. Originally, in Britain, 100 proof was defined as 57.1% by volume (no longer used). In the US, 100 proof means that the alcohol content is 50% of the total volume of the liquid; thus, perfectly pure absolute alcohol would be 200 proof.
- a measure of alcoholic strength expressed as an integer twice the percentage of alcohol present (by volume)
- a formal series of statements showing that if one thing is true something else necessarily follows from it
- (printing) an impression made to check for errors
- the act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something
- a trial photographic print from a negative
- any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something
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verb
- (transitive, firearms) To test-fire with a load considerably more powerful than the firearm in question's rated maximum chamber pressure, in order to establish the firearm's ability to withstand pressures well in excess of those expected in service without bursting.
- (transitive, intransitive, colloquial) To proofread.
- (transitive, baking) To allow (yeast-containing dough) to rise, especially after it has been shaped
- (transitive) To make resistant, especially to water.
- (transitive, baking) To test the activeness of (yeast).
- knead to reach proper lightness
- make or take a proof of, such as a photographic negative, an etching, or typeset
- make resistant (to harm)
- activate by mixing with water and sometimes sugar or milk
- read for errors
noun
- (statistics, countable) The difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one.
- (baseball, countable) A play which is scored as having been made incorrectly.
- (computing, countable) A failure to complete a task, usually involving a premature termination.
- (countable) A mistake; an accidental wrong action or a false statement not made deliberately.
- (countable, uncountable) Sin; transgression.
- (appellate law, uncountable) One or more mistakes in a trial that could be grounds for review of the judgement.
- (uncountable) The state, quality, or condition of being wrong.
- (linguistics) An unintentional deviation from the inherent rules of a language variety made by a second language learner.
- Any alteration in the DNA chemical structure occurring during DNA replication, recombination or repairing.
- a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
- inadvertent incorrectness
- (computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer
- (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed
- a misconception resulting from incorrect information
- part of a statement that is not correct
- departure from what is ethically acceptable
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noun
- (statistics) An analytic method to measure the association of one or more independent variables with a dependent variable.
- An action of travelling mentally back in time.
- (psychotherapy) A psychotherapeutic method whereby healing is facilitated by inducing the patient to act out behaviour typical of an earlier developmental stage.
- (statistics) An equation using specified and associated data for two or more variables such that one variable can be estimated from the remaining variable(s).
- An action of regressing, a return to a previous state.
- (medicine) The diminishing of a cellular mass like a tumor, or of an organ size.
- (exercise) The making an exercise less straining to perform by manipulating the details of its performance like loaded weight, range of motion, angle, speed.
- (programming) The reappearance of a bug in a piece of software that had previously been fixed.
- an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely
- (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state
- returning to a former state
- the relation between selected values of x and observed values of y (from which the most probable value of y can be predicted for any value of x)
noun
- (statistics) Any measured quantity of a statistical population that summarises or describes an aspect of the population.
- (programming, loosely) An actual value given to such a formal parameter.
- A value kept constant during an experiment, equation, calculation, or similar, but varied over other versions of the experiment, equation, calculation, etc.
- (crystallography) The ratio of the three crystallographic axes which determines the position of any plane.
- (sciences) A variable that describes a property or characteristic of some system (material, object, event, etc.) or some aspect thereof.
- (geometry) In the ellipse and hyperbola, a third proportional to any diameter and its conjugate, or in the parabola, to any abscissa and the corresponding ordinate.
- (programming) An input variable of a function definition, that gets an actual value (argument) at execution time.
- (commutative algebra) Clipping of uniformizing parameter.
- A characteristic or feature that distinguishes something from others.
- (crystallography) The fundamental axial ratio for a given species.
- (machine learning) A variable of a model that is trained by a machine learning algorithm.
- a constant in the equation of a curve that can be varied to yield a family of similar curves
- any factor that defines a system and determines (or limits) its performance
- a quantity (such as the mean or variance) that characterizes a statistical population and that can be estimated by calculations from sample data
- (computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program
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verb
- (intransitive) To go off course from; to change course; to change plans.
- (transitive) To cause to diverge.
- (intransitive, figurative) To fall outside of, or part from, some norm; to stray.
- cause to turn away from a previous or expected course
- turn aside; turn away from
- be at variance with; be out of line with
verb
- make a survey of; for statistical purposes
- keep under surveillance
- plot a map of (land)
- consider in a comprehensive way
- look over carefully or inspect
- hold a review (of troops)
- To view with a scrutinizing eye; to examine.
- To determine the form, extent, position, etc., of, as a tract of land, a coast, harbor, or the like, by means of linear and angular measurements, and the application of the principles of geometry and trigonometry
- To investigate the opinions, experiences, etc., of people by asking them questions; to conduct a survey; to administer a questionnaire.
- To inspect, or take a view of; to view with attention, as from a high place; to overlook
- To examine and ascertain, as the boundaries and royalties of a manor, the tenure of the tenants, and the rent and value of the same.
- To examine with reference to condition, situation, value, etc.; to examine and ascertain the state of
noun
- short descriptive summary (of events)
- the act of looking or seeing or observing
- a detailed critical inspection
- The operation of finding the contour, dimensions, position, or other particulars of any part of the Earth's surface.
- A measured plan and description of any portion of country.
- A particular view; an examination, especially an official examination, of a particular group of items, in order to ascertain the condition, quantity, or quality.
- (US) A district for the collection of customs under a particular officer.
- A questionnaire or similar instrument used for examining the opinions of a group of people.
- The act of surveying; a general view.
- (historical) An auction at which a farm is let for a lease for lives.
- An examination of the opinions of a group of people.
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- (statistics, information theory, countable) A measure of the amount of information and noise present in a signal.
- (uncountable) The tendency of a system that is left to itself to descend into chaos.
- (thermodynamics, countable) A measure of the amount of energy in a physical system that cannot be used to do work.
- (Boltzmann definition) A measure of the disorder directly proportional to the natural logarithm of the number of microstates yielding an equivalent thermodynamic macrostate.
- (information theory) Shannon entropy
- The capacity factor for thermal energy that is hidden with respect to temperature.
- The dispersal of energy; how much energy is spread out in a process, or how widely spread out it becomes, at a specific temperature.
- (thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work
- (communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome
noun
- (statistics) an arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrence
- the act of distributing or spreading or apportioning
- the commercial activity of transporting and selling goods from a producer to a consumer
- the spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume
- The result of distributing; arrangement.
- (rhetoric) A rhetorical technique in which a subject is divided into multiple cases based on some property or properties, and each case is addressed individually.
- (economics) The apportionment of income or wealth in a population.
- (mathematics, differential geometry) A subset of the tangent bundle of a manifold that satisfies certain properties; used to construct the notions of integrability and foliation of a manifold.
- An apportionment by law (of funds, property).
- The total number of something sold or delivered to the clients.
- (logic) The resolution of a whole into its parts.
- (printing, historical) The process of sorting the types and placing them in their proper boxes in the cases.
- (finance) The process or result of the sale of securities, especially their placement among investors with long-term investment strategies.
- An act of distributing or state of being distributed.
- The frequency of occurrence or extent of existence.
- (card games) The way in which a player's hand is divided in suits, or in which a particular suit is divided between the players.
- (steam engines) The steps or operations by which steam is supplied to and withdrawn from the cylinder at each stroke of the piston: admission, suppression or cutting off, release or exhaust, and compression of exhaust steam prior to the next admission.
- (business, marketing) The process by which goods get to final consumers over a geographical market, including storing, selling, shipping and advertising.
- Anything distributed; portion; share.
- (software) A set of bundled software components.
- (mathematics, statistics) A probability distribution; the set of relative likelihoods that a variable will have a value in a given interval.
noun
- (countable) A subjective probability estimate of a belief or claim.
- (uncountable) Acceptance of a belief or claim as true, especially on the basis of evidence.
- (rare, uncountable) Credential or supporting material for a person or claim.
- (religion, countable) A small table or credenza used in certain Christian religious services.
- (countable) A cupboard, sideboard, or cabinet, particularly one intended for the display of rich vessels or plate on open shelves.
- a kind of sideboard or buffet
- the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true
noun
- (countable) A decision-making method, especially one appropriate for a specialised realm.
- (countable, mathematics) Any formal system in which symbolic expressions are manipulated according to fixed rules.
- (countable, medicine) A stony concretion that forms in a bodily organ.
- (uncountable, dentistry) Deposits of calcium phosphate salts on teeth.
- (uncountable, often definite, the calculus) Differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject.
- a hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts; found in hollow organs or ducts of the body
- an incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums
- the branch of mathematics that is concerned with limits and with the differentiation and integration of functions
noun
- the number of observations in a given statistical category
- the ratio of the number of observations in a statistical category to the total number of observations
- the number of occurrences within a given time period
- (uncountable) The property of occurring often rather than infrequently.
- (uncountable or countable) The rate of occurrence of anything; the relationship between incidence and time period.
- A tone, character, mood, or vibe
- (telecommunications) range of electromagnetic waves used for wireless communication in devices like radios, TVs and mobile phones
- (statistics) number of times an event occurred in an experiment (absolute frequency)
- (countable) The quotient of the number of times n a periodic phenomenon occurs over the time t in which it occurs: f=n/t.
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- (countable) A reliable, definitive source of information on a subject.
- (uncountable) Official permission; authorisation to act in some capacity on behalf of a ruling entity.
- (countable) A government-owned agency that runs a revenue-generating activity for public benefit.
- (plural) Persons, regarded collectively, who occupy official positions of power; police or law enforcement.
- (uncountable) Power or right to make or enforce rules, give orders, or impose obligation; or a position having such power or right.
- (uncountable) Status as a trustworthy source of information, reputation for mastery or expertise; or claim to such status or reputation.
- (usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over others
- the power or right to give orders or make decisions
- an administrative unit of government
- an authoritative written work
- freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
- official permission or approval
- an expert whose views are taken as definitive
noun
- (statistics) Initialism of measured variable.
- Initialism of music video.
- Initialism of motor vehicle.
- (anatomy, medicine) Initialism of mitral valve.
- (nautical) Initialism of motor vessel.
- (nautical) Initialism of merchant vessel.
- (agriculture) Initialism of modern variety.
- (medicine) Initialism of mechanical ventilation.
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- (statistics) A variable which multiplies a value for ease of statistical manipulation.
- (sometimes specifically) Ellipsis of free weight, as contrasted with the weights inside an exercise machine.
- The downwards force an object experiences due to gravity.
- (slang, uncountable) Shipments of (often illegal) drugs.
- (figurative) Importance or influence.
- (slang, countable) One pound of drugs, especially cannabis.
- (physics) Mass (atomic weight, molecular weight, etc.) (in restricted circumstances).
- A standardized block of metal used in a balance to measure the mass of another object.
- (visual art) The illusion of mass.
- (measurement) Mass (net weight, troy weight, carat weight, etc.).
- (lubricants) Viscosity rating.
- The resistance against which a machine acts, as opposed to the power which moves it.
- (visual art) The thickness and opacity of paint.
- (topology) The smallest cardinality of a base.
- Weight class
- (typography) The boldness of a font; the relative thickness of its strokes.
- (figurative) Pressure; burden.
- The thickness of yarn.
- (especially in computing, machine learning) Emphasis applied to a given criterion.
- (exercise, weightlifting) An object, such as a weight plate or barbell, used for strength training.
- An object used to make something heavier.
- (visual art) The relative thickness of a drawn rule or painted brushstroke, line weight.
- (physics, proscribed) Synonym of mass (in general circumstances).
- (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance
- the relative importance granted to something
- a unit used to measure weight
- a system of units used to express the weight of something
- an artifact that is heavy
- an oppressive feeling of heavy force
- sports equipment used in calisthenic exercises and weightlifting; it is not attached to anything and is raised and lowered by use of the hands and arms
- the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity
verb
- (transitive, sports) To give a certain amount of force to a throw, kick, hit, etc.
- (transitive) To load, burden or oppress someone.
- (transitive) To bias something; to slant.
- (transitive) To add weight to something; to make something heavier.
- (transitive, mathematics) To assign weights to individual statistics.
- (transitive, horse racing) To handicap a horse with a specified weight.
- (transitive, dyeing) To load (fabrics) with barite, etc. to increase the weight.
- present with a bias
- weight down with a load
noun
- (statistics) a structured representation that summarizes how often values or categories occur within a dataset by organizing quantitative data into class intervals and categorizing qualitative data into distinct groups, thus revealing patterns, trends, and distributions, often showed in a list, table, or graph that displays the frequency of various outcomes in a sample.
- a distribution of observed frequencies of occurrence of the values of a variable
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- (countable) Reckoning, estimate.
- (mathematics, uncountable) The act or process of calculating.
- (chess, uncountable) The act or process of imagining sequences of potential moves and responses without actually moving the pieces.
- (mathematics, countable) The result of calculating.
- (countable) An expectation based on circumstances.
- problem solving that involves numbers or quantities
- the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods
- planning something carefully and intentionally
noun
- (statistics, generally) The determination or use of a sampling distribution that is independent of nuisance parameters of the population distribution, which are not directly relevant to the estimates or tests of significance of primary interest.
- Synonym of studentification.
- (statistics, originally) The use of Student's t-test.
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- (countable, statistics) A statistical study performed using the method.
- (uncountable, statistics) A statistical method used to describe variability among observed correlated variables in terms of one or more unobserved variables (called factors).
- any of several methods for reducing correlational data to a smaller number of dimensions or factors; beginning with a correlation matrix a small number of components or factors are extracted that are regarded as the basic variables that account for the interrelations observed in the data
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- (countable, mathematics, statistics) A measure of how well an observed distribution approximates a normal distribution.
- (uncountable) The state of being normal or usual; normalcy.
- (chemistry) The concentration of a solution expressed in gram equivalent weights of solute per litre of solution.
- expectedness as a consequence of being usual or regular or common
- (of a solution) concentration expressed in gram equivalents of solute per liter
- conformity with the norm
- being within certain limits that define the range of normal functioning
noun
- (countable) A test or method used for this purpose.
- (medicine) Identifying cases of a disease in a population of asymptomatic persons.
- (business) Identifying latent unsuitabilities in business propositions, job applicants, or investment opportunities.
- (soccer) Shielding.
- (uncountable) Mesh material that is used to screen (as in a "screen door").
- (by extension, uncountable) The examination of any material or persons to detect problems through any of various testing, checking, or filtering processes, as:
- (volleyball) Action done by the serving team to prevent the opposing team from seeing the server and the flight path of the ball.
- The examination and treatment of a material to detect and remove unwanted fractions by passing it through a screen (sieve).
- (in the plural) Material removed by such a process; refuse left after screening sand, coal, ashes, etc.
- The showing of a film, typically by projecting it on a screen.
- testing objects or persons in order to identify those with particular characteristics
- the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it
- fabric of metal or plastic mesh
- the display of a motion picture
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- (countable) An instance of such a study.
- (sciences, design of experiments, idiomatic, uncountable) Any of a class of study designs in which scientists with conflicting theories work together with others who are neutral or agnostic about those theories, and this team runs an experiment to test the theories empirically and thus find out whether one of the theories is contradicted by the evidence found.
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- (countable) An act or process of applying general principles or formulae to the explanation of the results obtained in special cases.
- (countable) A sense given by an interpreter; an exposition or explanation given; meaning.
- (uncountable, linguistics, translation studies) The discipline or study of translating one spoken or signed language into another (as opposed to translation, which concerns itself with written language).
- (countable) An act of interpreting or explaining something unclear; a translation; a version.
- (uncountable) The power of explaining.
- (countable, physics) An approximation that allows aspects of a mathematical theory to be discussed in ordinary language.
- (countable, logic, model theory) An assignment of a truth value to each propositional symbol of a propositional calculus.
- Short for heritage interpretation
- (countable) An artist's way of expressing thought or embodying a conception of nature through art.
- a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something
- the act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance
- an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious
- an explanation that results from interpreting something
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- (countable) A case used in a such research.
- (uncountable) Research performed in detail on a single individual, group, incident or community, as opposed to, for instance, a sample of the whole population.
- a careful study of some social unit (as a corporation or division within a corporation) that attempts to determine what factors led to its success or failure
- a detailed analysis of a person or group from a social or psychological or medical point of view
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- (statistics) One of the specific values which may be taken by a categorical variable.
- A tool for finding whether a surface is level, or for creating a horizontal or vertical line of reference.
- (computer science) Distance from the root node of a tree structure.
- (British) An area of almost perfectly flat land.
- (video games) One of several discrete segments of a game, generally increasing in difficulty and representing different locations in the game world.
- A distance relative to a given reference elevation.
- (Singapore, education) A school grade or year.
- Degree or amount.
- Achievement or qualification.
- A floor of a multi-storey building.
- (roleplaying games, video games) A numeric value given to a character (or other element of a game) that represents its relative power, challenge or eligibility to do things, used as a game mechanic to govern progression through a game.
- indicator that establishes the horizontal when a bubble is centered in a tube of liquid
- a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
- a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality
- height above ground
- an abstract place usually conceived as having depth
- a flat surface at right angles to a plumb line
- a relative position or degree of value in a graded group
- a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale
adj
- The same height at all places; parallel to a flat ground.
- Unvaried in volume.
- Unvaried in frequency.
- Straightforward; direct; clear.
- (phonetics) Of even tone; without rising or falling inflection; monotonic.
- In the same position or rank.
- Well balanced; even; just; steady; impartial.
- (physics) Perpendicular to a gravitational force.
- At the same height as some reference; constructed as level with.
- Calm.
- being on a precise horizontal plane
- oriented at right angles to the plumb
- of the score in a contest
- having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
- not showing abrupt variations
verb
- (transitive) To destroy by reducing to ground level; to raze.
- (transitive, figurative) To bring to a common level or plane, in respect of rank, condition, character, privilege, etc.
- (intransitive) To speak honestly and openly [with with ‘someone’] (see: level with).
- (intransitive, roleplaying games, video games) To progress to the next level.
- (transitive) To adjust so as to make as flat or perpendicular to the ground as possible.
- (transitive) To direct or impose (a penalty, fine, etc) at or upon (someone) [with on or against or at].
- (transitive) To aim or direct (a weapon, a stare, an accusation, etc).
- (intransitive, sports) To make the score of a game equal.
- (transitive) To adjust or adapt to a certain level.
- direct into a position for use
- talk frankly with; lay it on the line
- tear down so as to make flat with the ground
- aim at
- make level or straight
- become level or even
noun
- (statistics) The process of removing statistical error in repeated measured data.
- (diplomacy) Process of establishing normal diplomatic relations between two countries.
- (sociology) A process whereby artificial and unwanted norms of behaviour and models of behaviour are made to seem natural and wanted, through propaganda, influence, imitation and conformity.
- (economics) Globalization, the process of making a worldwide normal and dominant model of production and consumption.
- (operations) Normalized production.
- (politics) Sharing or enforcement of standard policies.
- (databases) In relational database design, a process that breaks down data into record groups for efficient processing, by eliminating redundancy.
- Standardization, act of imposing standards or norms or rules or regulations.
- Any process that makes something more normal or regular, which typically means conforming to some regularity or rule, or returning from some state of abnormality.
- the imposition of standards or regulations
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- (philosophy of science) Verifiable by means of scientific experimentation.
- Pertaining to or based on experience, as opposed to theory.
- Pertaining to, derived from, or testable by observations made using the physical senses or using instruments which extend the senses.
- relying on medical quackery
- derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
noun
- (countable) An effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial.
- (uncountable) The degree of evidence which convinces the mind of any truth or fact, and produces belief; a test by facts or arguments which induce, or tend to induce, certainty of the judgment; conclusive evidence; demonstration.
- The quality or state of having been proved or tried; firmness or hardness which resists impression, or does not yield to force; impenetrability of physical bodies.
- (countable, mathematics) A process for testing the accuracy of an operation performed. Compare prove, transitive verb, 5.
- (countable, printing) A proof sheet; a trial impression, as from type, taken for correction or examination.
- (numismatics) A limited-run high-quality strike of a particular coin, originally as a test run, although nowadays mostly for collectors' sets.
- (countable, logic, mathematics) A sequence of statements consisting of axioms, assumptions, statements already demonstrated in another proof, and statements that logically follow from previous statements in the sequence, and which concludes with a statement that is the object of the proof.
- (US) A measure of the alcohol content of liquor. Originally, in Britain, 100 proof was defined as 57.1% by volume (no longer used). In the US, 100 proof means that the alcohol content is 50% of the total volume of the liquid; thus, perfectly pure absolute alcohol would be 200 proof.
- a measure of alcoholic strength expressed as an integer twice the percentage of alcohol present (by volume)
- a formal series of statements showing that if one thing is true something else necessarily follows from it
- (printing) an impression made to check for errors
- the act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something
- a trial photographic print from a negative
- any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something
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verb
- (transitive, firearms) To test-fire with a load considerably more powerful than the firearm in question's rated maximum chamber pressure, in order to establish the firearm's ability to withstand pressures well in excess of those expected in service without bursting.
- (transitive, intransitive, colloquial) To proofread.
- (transitive, baking) To allow (yeast-containing dough) to rise, especially after it has been shaped
- (transitive) To make resistant, especially to water.
- (transitive, baking) To test the activeness of (yeast).
- knead to reach proper lightness
- make or take a proof of, such as a photographic negative, an etching, or typeset
- make resistant (to harm)
- activate by mixing with water and sometimes sugar or milk
- read for errors
noun
- (statistics, countable) The difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one.
- (baseball, countable) A play which is scored as having been made incorrectly.
- (computing, countable) A failure to complete a task, usually involving a premature termination.
- (countable) A mistake; an accidental wrong action or a false statement not made deliberately.
- (countable, uncountable) Sin; transgression.
- (appellate law, uncountable) One or more mistakes in a trial that could be grounds for review of the judgement.
- (uncountable) The state, quality, or condition of being wrong.
- (linguistics) An unintentional deviation from the inherent rules of a language variety made by a second language learner.
- Any alteration in the DNA chemical structure occurring during DNA replication, recombination or repairing.
- a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
- inadvertent incorrectness
- (computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer
- (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed
- a misconception resulting from incorrect information
- part of a statement that is not correct
- departure from what is ethically acceptable
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noun
- (statistics) An analytic method to measure the association of one or more independent variables with a dependent variable.
- An action of travelling mentally back in time.
- (psychotherapy) A psychotherapeutic method whereby healing is facilitated by inducing the patient to act out behaviour typical of an earlier developmental stage.
- (statistics) An equation using specified and associated data for two or more variables such that one variable can be estimated from the remaining variable(s).
- An action of regressing, a return to a previous state.
- (medicine) The diminishing of a cellular mass like a tumor, or of an organ size.
- (exercise) The making an exercise less straining to perform by manipulating the details of its performance like loaded weight, range of motion, angle, speed.
- (programming) The reappearance of a bug in a piece of software that had previously been fixed.
- an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely
- (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state
- returning to a former state
- the relation between selected values of x and observed values of y (from which the most probable value of y can be predicted for any value of x)
noun
- (statistics) Any measured quantity of a statistical population that summarises or describes an aspect of the population.
- (programming, loosely) An actual value given to such a formal parameter.
- A value kept constant during an experiment, equation, calculation, or similar, but varied over other versions of the experiment, equation, calculation, etc.
- (crystallography) The ratio of the three crystallographic axes which determines the position of any plane.
- (sciences) A variable that describes a property or characteristic of some system (material, object, event, etc.) or some aspect thereof.
- (geometry) In the ellipse and hyperbola, a third proportional to any diameter and its conjugate, or in the parabola, to any abscissa and the corresponding ordinate.
- (programming) An input variable of a function definition, that gets an actual value (argument) at execution time.
- (commutative algebra) Clipping of uniformizing parameter.
- A characteristic or feature that distinguishes something from others.
- (crystallography) The fundamental axial ratio for a given species.
- (machine learning) A variable of a model that is trained by a machine learning algorithm.
- a constant in the equation of a curve that can be varied to yield a family of similar curves
- any factor that defines a system and determines (or limits) its performance
- a quantity (such as the mean or variance) that characterizes a statistical population and that can be estimated by calculations from sample data
- (computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program
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- (intransitive) To go off course from; to change course; to change plans.
- (transitive) To cause to diverge.
- (intransitive, figurative) To fall outside of, or part from, some norm; to stray.
- cause to turn away from a previous or expected course
- turn aside; turn away from
- be at variance with; be out of line with
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- (statistics, information theory, countable) A measure of the amount of information and noise present in a signal.
- (uncountable) The tendency of a system that is left to itself to descend into chaos.
- (thermodynamics, countable) A measure of the amount of energy in a physical system that cannot be used to do work.
- (Boltzmann definition) A measure of the disorder directly proportional to the natural logarithm of the number of microstates yielding an equivalent thermodynamic macrostate.
- (information theory) Shannon entropy
- The capacity factor for thermal energy that is hidden with respect to temperature.
- The dispersal of energy; how much energy is spread out in a process, or how widely spread out it becomes, at a specific temperature.
- (thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work
- (communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome
noun
- (statistics) an arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrence
- the act of distributing or spreading or apportioning
- the commercial activity of transporting and selling goods from a producer to a consumer
- the spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume
- The result of distributing; arrangement.
- (rhetoric) A rhetorical technique in which a subject is divided into multiple cases based on some property or properties, and each case is addressed individually.
- (economics) The apportionment of income or wealth in a population.
- (mathematics, differential geometry) A subset of the tangent bundle of a manifold that satisfies certain properties; used to construct the notions of integrability and foliation of a manifold.
- An apportionment by law (of funds, property).
- The total number of something sold or delivered to the clients.
- (logic) The resolution of a whole into its parts.
- (printing, historical) The process of sorting the types and placing them in their proper boxes in the cases.
- (finance) The process or result of the sale of securities, especially their placement among investors with long-term investment strategies.
- An act of distributing or state of being distributed.
- The frequency of occurrence or extent of existence.
- (card games) The way in which a player's hand is divided in suits, or in which a particular suit is divided between the players.
- (steam engines) The steps or operations by which steam is supplied to and withdrawn from the cylinder at each stroke of the piston: admission, suppression or cutting off, release or exhaust, and compression of exhaust steam prior to the next admission.
- (business, marketing) The process by which goods get to final consumers over a geographical market, including storing, selling, shipping and advertising.
- Anything distributed; portion; share.
- (software) A set of bundled software components.
- (mathematics, statistics) A probability distribution; the set of relative likelihoods that a variable will have a value in a given interval.
noun
- (countable) A subjective probability estimate of a belief or claim.
- (uncountable) Acceptance of a belief or claim as true, especially on the basis of evidence.
- (rare, uncountable) Credential or supporting material for a person or claim.
- (religion, countable) A small table or credenza used in certain Christian religious services.
- (countable) A cupboard, sideboard, or cabinet, particularly one intended for the display of rich vessels or plate on open shelves.
- a kind of sideboard or buffet
- the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true
noun
- (countable) A decision-making method, especially one appropriate for a specialised realm.
- (countable, mathematics) Any formal system in which symbolic expressions are manipulated according to fixed rules.
- (countable, medicine) A stony concretion that forms in a bodily organ.
- (uncountable, dentistry) Deposits of calcium phosphate salts on teeth.
- (uncountable, often definite, the calculus) Differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject.
- a hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts; found in hollow organs or ducts of the body
- an incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums
- the branch of mathematics that is concerned with limits and with the differentiation and integration of functions
noun
- the number of observations in a given statistical category
- the ratio of the number of observations in a statistical category to the total number of observations
- the number of occurrences within a given time period
- (uncountable) The property of occurring often rather than infrequently.
- (uncountable or countable) The rate of occurrence of anything; the relationship between incidence and time period.
- A tone, character, mood, or vibe
- (telecommunications) range of electromagnetic waves used for wireless communication in devices like radios, TVs and mobile phones
- (statistics) number of times an event occurred in an experiment (absolute frequency)
- (countable) The quotient of the number of times n a periodic phenomenon occurs over the time t in which it occurs: f=n/t.
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- (countable) A reliable, definitive source of information on a subject.
- (uncountable) Official permission; authorisation to act in some capacity on behalf of a ruling entity.
- (countable) A government-owned agency that runs a revenue-generating activity for public benefit.
- (plural) Persons, regarded collectively, who occupy official positions of power; police or law enforcement.
- (uncountable) Power or right to make or enforce rules, give orders, or impose obligation; or a position having such power or right.
- (uncountable) Status as a trustworthy source of information, reputation for mastery or expertise; or claim to such status or reputation.
- (usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over others
- the power or right to give orders or make decisions
- an administrative unit of government
- an authoritative written work
- freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
- official permission or approval
- an expert whose views are taken as definitive
noun
- (statistics) Initialism of measured variable.
- Initialism of music video.
- Initialism of motor vehicle.
- (anatomy, medicine) Initialism of mitral valve.
- (nautical) Initialism of motor vessel.
- (nautical) Initialism of merchant vessel.
- (agriculture) Initialism of modern variety.
- (medicine) Initialism of mechanical ventilation.
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- (statistics) A variable which multiplies a value for ease of statistical manipulation.
- (sometimes specifically) Ellipsis of free weight, as contrasted with the weights inside an exercise machine.
- The downwards force an object experiences due to gravity.
- (slang, uncountable) Shipments of (often illegal) drugs.
- (figurative) Importance or influence.
- (slang, countable) One pound of drugs, especially cannabis.
- (physics) Mass (atomic weight, molecular weight, etc.) (in restricted circumstances).
- A standardized block of metal used in a balance to measure the mass of another object.
- (visual art) The illusion of mass.
- (measurement) Mass (net weight, troy weight, carat weight, etc.).
- (lubricants) Viscosity rating.
- The resistance against which a machine acts, as opposed to the power which moves it.
- (visual art) The thickness and opacity of paint.
- (topology) The smallest cardinality of a base.
- Weight class
- (typography) The boldness of a font; the relative thickness of its strokes.
- (figurative) Pressure; burden.
- The thickness of yarn.
- (especially in computing, machine learning) Emphasis applied to a given criterion.
- (exercise, weightlifting) An object, such as a weight plate or barbell, used for strength training.
- An object used to make something heavier.
- (visual art) The relative thickness of a drawn rule or painted brushstroke, line weight.
- (physics, proscribed) Synonym of mass (in general circumstances).
- (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance
- the relative importance granted to something
- a unit used to measure weight
- a system of units used to express the weight of something
- an artifact that is heavy
- an oppressive feeling of heavy force
- sports equipment used in calisthenic exercises and weightlifting; it is not attached to anything and is raised and lowered by use of the hands and arms
- the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity
verb
- (transitive, sports) To give a certain amount of force to a throw, kick, hit, etc.
- (transitive) To load, burden or oppress someone.
- (transitive) To bias something; to slant.
- (transitive) To add weight to something; to make something heavier.
- (transitive, mathematics) To assign weights to individual statistics.
- (transitive, horse racing) To handicap a horse with a specified weight.
- (transitive, dyeing) To load (fabrics) with barite, etc. to increase the weight.
- present with a bias
- weight down with a load
noun
- (statistics) a structured representation that summarizes how often values or categories occur within a dataset by organizing quantitative data into class intervals and categorizing qualitative data into distinct groups, thus revealing patterns, trends, and distributions, often showed in a list, table, or graph that displays the frequency of various outcomes in a sample.
- a distribution of observed frequencies of occurrence of the values of a variable
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- (countable) Reckoning, estimate.
- (mathematics, uncountable) The act or process of calculating.
- (chess, uncountable) The act or process of imagining sequences of potential moves and responses without actually moving the pieces.
- (mathematics, countable) The result of calculating.
- (countable) An expectation based on circumstances.
- problem solving that involves numbers or quantities
- the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods
- planning something carefully and intentionally
noun
- (statistics, generally) The determination or use of a sampling distribution that is independent of nuisance parameters of the population distribution, which are not directly relevant to the estimates or tests of significance of primary interest.
- Synonym of studentification.
- (statistics, originally) The use of Student's t-test.
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- A single item in a statistical study.
- A quantity calculated from the data in a sample, which characterises an important aspect in the sample (such as mean or standard deviation).
- A person, or personal event, reduced to being an item of statistical information.
- a datum that can be represented numerically
verb
- make a survey of; for statistical purposes
- keep under surveillance
- plot a map of (land)
- consider in a comprehensive way
- look over carefully or inspect
- hold a review (of troops)
- To view with a scrutinizing eye; to examine.
- To determine the form, extent, position, etc., of, as a tract of land, a coast, harbor, or the like, by means of linear and angular measurements, and the application of the principles of geometry and trigonometry
- To investigate the opinions, experiences, etc., of people by asking them questions; to conduct a survey; to administer a questionnaire.
- To inspect, or take a view of; to view with attention, as from a high place; to overlook
- To examine and ascertain, as the boundaries and royalties of a manor, the tenure of the tenants, and the rent and value of the same.
- To examine with reference to condition, situation, value, etc.; to examine and ascertain the state of
noun
- short descriptive summary (of events)
- the act of looking or seeing or observing
- a detailed critical inspection
- The operation of finding the contour, dimensions, position, or other particulars of any part of the Earth's surface.
- A measured plan and description of any portion of country.
- A particular view; an examination, especially an official examination, of a particular group of items, in order to ascertain the condition, quantity, or quality.
- (US) A district for the collection of customs under a particular officer.
- A questionnaire or similar instrument used for examining the opinions of a group of people.
- The act of surveying; a general view.
- (historical) An auction at which a farm is let for a lease for lives.
- An examination of the opinions of a group of people.
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- (statistics) Pertaining to or based on the correspondence between a parameter in a sample and the same parameter in the population from which the sample was drawn.
- (proscribed) Synonym of fiducial (accepted as a basis of reference)
- In a fiducial manner; using or as a reference marker.
- With confidence.
- (law) In a fiduciary manner.
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- (statistics) Having been subjected to, or resulting from a factor analysis.
- (mathematics, logic) Expressed in terms of factors (values that are multiplied together to form a whole)
- Based on groups or categories of inputs.
- Adjusted (usually increased) to compensate for unknown factors or associated amounts.
- Pertaining to the sale of receivables to a third party.
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- (statistics) Relating to the statistical mode.
- Of, or relating to a mode or modus.
- (graphical user interface) Requiring immediate user interaction and thus presented so that it cannot be closed or interacted behind until a decision is made.
- (music) Of, relating to, or composed in the musical modi by which an octave is divided, associated with emotional moods in Ancient — and in medieval ecclesiastical — music.
- (computing) Having separate modes in which user input has different effects.
- (logic) Of, or relating to the modality between propositions.
- (metaphysics) Relating to the form of a thing rather to any of its attributes.
- (of music, by extension) In a mode which is not major or minor scale, the standard modes used in the Western musical tradition.
- (grammar) Of, relating to, or describing the mood of a clause.
- relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution
- relating to or expressing the mood of a verb
- of or relating to a musical mode; especially written in an ecclesiastical mode
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- (fabric) A semi-synthetic fabric, a very soft kind of rayon textile made from beech tree pulp and processed with chemicals.
- (grammar) A modal verb.
- (graphical user interface) A modal window, one that cannot be closed until a decision is made.
- (logic) A modal proposition.
- (linguistics) A modal form, notably a modal auxiliary.
- an auxiliary verb (such as ‘can’ or ‘will’) that is used to express modality
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- A single item in a statistical study.
- A quantity calculated from the data in a sample, which characterises an important aspect in the sample (such as mean or standard deviation).
- A person, or personal event, reduced to being an item of statistical information.
- a datum that can be represented numerically