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sample space

noun

, Mathematics.
  1. the collection of all possible results of an experiment, represented as points.


sample space

noun

  1. statistics the set of possible outcomes of an experiment; the range of values of a random variable
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sample space1

First recorded in 1950–55
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Example Sentences

That could mean far more of us get the chance to sample space travel, at least briefly.

From BBC

The finite is nested within the infinite, and somewhere across the glittering, howling universal sample space of Buddha Field or Babel, your doppelgänger is hard at the keyboard, playing a Bach toccata.

The online software can analyze thousands of hands being played at the same time, and that larger sample space makes for a more accurate statistical analysis.

Once again, unfortunately, my sample space is limited to educated urban India.

Any crab within the invisible line formed by extending the left and right sides of the square out into the shallows fell into his sample space.

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