Bernoulli trials

plural noun

, Mathematics.

1. repeated independent experiments having two possible outcomes for each experiment with the probability for each outcome remaining constant throughout the experiments, as tossing a coin several times.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Bernoulli trials¹

First recorded in 1950–55; named after Jakob Bernoulli

Example Sentences

In the second test, we again simulated n Bernoulli trials; however, we let p equal the player’s season shooting percentage up to the start of the game being tested.

From Scientific American