statistic

  1. Adjective.  (alternative spelling of, statistical) .
  2. Noun.  A single item in a statistical study.
  3. Noun.  A quantity calculated from the data in a sample, which characterises an important aspect in the sample (such as mean or standard deviation).
  4. Noun.  A person, or personal event, reduced to being an item of statistical information.

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