See Also: statistic(medicine)
BDS Statistic(money)
statistic(dictionary)
statistic(dictionary)

statistic (iou)



statistic adjective & noun. L18.
[German statistisch adjective, Statistik noun, whence also French statistique from mod. Latin statisticus after German Statist statist.]
A. adjective. = STATISTICAL 2. L18.
b. noun.
a. = STATISTICS 1. rare. L18.
b. A quantitative fact or statement. L19.
E. Hyams Although the first dead was..a tragedy, the ten thousandth was a statistic. Daily Telegraph A..statistic shows that 54 per cent of..women voted.
c. Statistics. Any of the numerical characteristics of a sample, as opp. to one of the population from which it is drawn. E20.
sufficient statistic: see SUFFICIENT adjective.
A statistician. E19.