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10 Language-to-English DictionariesVariate
/ˈvɛəri.ət/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A quantity or random variable that may take any of a set of values with a specified probability.
"The experiment measured several continuous variates under controlled environmental conditions."
- 1
To cause to vary or undergo variation.
"Researchers sought to variate the input parameters to observe the system's resilience."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived in the mid-20th century as a back-formation from variation or statistical terminology, drawing upon the Latin 'variare' (to change, alter). It was coined to provide a distinct term in statistics and probability for a random variable or a value that the variable may take.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Variate" is said worldwide
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variable
Transliteration: varyaːbl
"Cette étude analyse chaque variate indépendamment."
Variate
Transliteration: vaʁiˈaːtə
"Die statistische Analyse umfasst mehrere Variaten."
variata
Transliteration: vaˈrjaːta
"Ogni variata rappresenta un campione casuale."
variada
Transliteration: baˈɾjaða
"El modelo estadístico incluye una nueva variada."
variada
Transliteration: vaɾiˈadɐ
"A análise examina cada variada separadamente."
चर
Transliteration: char
"सांख्यिकीय मॉडल में कई चर शामिल हैं।"
变量
Transliteration: biànliàng
"该研究测定了多个统计变量。"
변량
Transliteration: byeonryang
"이 통계 모델은 여러 변량을 포함합니다."
確率変数
Transliteration: kakuritsu hensū
"モデルはいくつかの変量を評価します。"
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