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Plim vs Prim - What's the difference?

plim | prim |

As a symbol plim

is probability limit.

As a noun prim is

prime (the first note or tone of a musical scale).

plim

Translingual

Symbol

(head)
  • probability limit
    • For a sequence {X''''n } of random variables \underset{n\to\infty}{\operatorname{plim}}\,X_n = X is the same as \lim_{n\to\infty}\operatorname{Pr}\big(, X_n-X, \geq \varepsilon\big) = 0 (\forall \varepsilon > 0)

    See also

    * lim ----

    prim

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) prim, prin, from (etyl) (lena) .

    Adjective

    (primmer)
  • prudish, straight-laced
  • formal; precise; affectedly neat or nice
    • prim''' regularity; a '''prim person
    (Jonathan Swift)
    Usage notes
    Often used in the collocation “prim and proper”.
    Derived terms
    * prim and proper * prissy

    Verb

  • (dated) To make affectedly precise or proper.
  • (dated) To dress or act smartly.

    • Etymology 2

    See privet.

    Noun

  • (botany) privet
    • (Webster 1913) ----