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product variance

product variance noun: covariance.

Noun

product variance (plural product variances)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Covariance.
    • From a population characterised by variables x,#92;y,#92;z, correlated and normally distributed, with means 0,#92;0,#92;0, variances #92;sigma#95;1²,#92;#92;sigma#95;2²,#92;#92;sigma#95;3² and product variances...1934, A. C. Aitken, “Note on Selection from a Multivariate Normal Population”, in Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society, 4, page 106

Forms of product variance

pluralproduct variances

Questions about product variance

What does product variance mean?
Product variance means covariance.
What part of speech is product variance?
Product variance is a noun.
What is the plural of product variance?
The plural of product variance is product variances.

Words near product variance in the dictionary

  1. product rule
  2. product sample
  3. product samples
  4. product topologies
  5. product topology
  6. product variance
  7. product variances
  8. producted
  9. productibilities
  10. productibility
  11. productible

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