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variate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun variate has 1 sense
- variate(n = noun.cognition) chance variable, random variable, stochastic variable, variant - a variable quantity that is random; Array is a kind of variable, variable quantity
Derived form verb vary3
CIDE DICTIONARY
variate, v. t. & i. [L. variatus, p. p. of variare. See Vary.].
To alter; to make different; to vary. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
variate, n. Statistics 1 a quantity having a numerical value for each member of a group.
2 a variable quantity, esp. one whose values occur according to a frequency distribution.
2 a variable quantity, esp. one whose values occur according to a frequency distribution.
Etymology
past part. of L variare (as VARY)
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