statistic
/stəˈtɪs.tɪk/
statistic is the alternative form of statistical.
Noun
statistic (plural statistics)
- 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.
- By dying from an overdose, he became just another statistic.
Verb
statistic (third-person singular simple present statistics, present participle statisticking, simple past and past participle statisticked)
- To analyze or describe using statistics.
- This is the only subject in the world which has not been statisticked, which is another proof of scientific neglect by the investigators.1912 April 13, W. Kee Maxwell, “A Cold in the Head”, in The Judge, volume 62,, number 1591
- When you get us all neatly docketed and statisticked, where will you put me?1926, Earning a Living by the Pen, page 81
- To cite or calculate statistics.
- When a fellow quits statisticking for a while, they say, "Oh, haven't you one more statistic?”1925, National Safety Council, Proceedings of the National Safety Council Annual Safety Congress, page 136
- I ran into what to me is the most horrible statistic I have ever run into in some thirty-five years of statisticking.1966, The Negro American - Volume 2, page 299
- To comprise (as statistics)
- The afternoon game was pitched by Walter Johnson and was the start of the sixteen-game winning streak which statisticked that one in Boston, four in St. Louis, four in Chicago, four in Detroit, three in Cleveland and none for the little boy who lives down the lane.1962, Frank Graham, Dick Hyman, Baseball Wit and Wisdom: Folklore of a National Pastime, page 82
Meaning of statistical
Adjective
statistical (comparative more statistical, superlative most statistical)
- Of or pertaining to statistics.
- Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for...2012 March, Brian Hayes, “Pixels or Perish”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 19 Feb 2013, page 106
Synonyms of statistic
- reduced to item of information
Forms of statistic
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more statistic |
| superlative | most statistic |
| Noun | |
| plural | statistics |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | statistics |
| present participle | statisticking |
| past participle | statisticked |
| past | statisticked |
Origin of statistic
Back-formation from statistics.
Words formed from statistic
Phrases with statistic
Questions about statistic
- What does statistic mean?
- Statistic means a single item in a statistical study.
- What is statistic the alternative form of?
- Statistic is the alternative form of statistical.
- What part of speech is statistic?
- Statistic can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce statistic?
- Statistic is pronounced /stəˈtɪs.tɪk/.
- What is the plural of statistic?
- The plural of statistic is statistics.
Words near statistic in the dictionary
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