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probability distribution

n. Statistics
A function giving the theoretical probability of observing a random variable to have a particular value when the variable is discrete or to fall within a certain range when the variable is continuous.
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probabil′ity distribu`tion


n.
a distribution of all possible values of a random variable together with an indication of their probabilities.
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