estimator

English

Etymology

estimate + -or

Noun

estimator (plural estimators)

  1. A person who estimates, especially one who estimates costs
    • 1596, James Melville, The Diary of Mr James Melvill. 1556-1601., Edinburgh, published 1829, page 225:
      The Æstimators of the Valor of everie Townes Teinds.
  2. (mathematics) A function of a random sample of a population used to estimate some parameter of the whole population

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French estimateur.

Noun

estimator m (plural estimatori)

  1. assessor

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