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random variable

The English word “random variable” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A quantity whose value is random and to which a probability distribution is assigned, such as the possible outcome of a roll of a dice.
  2. A measurable function from a sample space to the measurable space of possible values of the variable.
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