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categorical variable

categorical variable noun: a nominal variable.

Noun

categorical variable (plural categorical variables)

  1. A nominal variable.

Forms of categorical variable

pluralcategorical variables

Questions about categorical variable

What does categorical variable mean?
Categorical variable means a nominal variable.
What part of speech is categorical variable?
Categorical variable is a noun.
What is the plural of categorical variable?
The plural of categorical variable is categorical variables.

Words near categorical variable in the dictionary

  1. categorical imperatives
  2. categorical product
  3. categorical products
  4. categorical proposition
  5. categorical propositions
  6. categorical variable
  7. categorical variables
  8. categorically
  9. categoricalness
  10. categoricals
  11. categoricity

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