numerical estimate
collocation in Englishmeaningsofnumericalandestimate
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numerical
adjective
uk/njuːˈmer.ɪ.kəl/us/nuːˈmer.ɪ.kəl/
involving or expressed ...
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estimate
noun[C]
uk/ˈes.tɪ.mət/us/ˈes.tə.mət/
a guess of what the size, value, amount, cost, etc. of something ...
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In particular, nonnormative response strategies that accidentally lead to anumericalestimatebetween 30% and 70% are classified as normative responses.
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While these points do not directly yield anumericalestimatefor the size of immediate memory, they suggest a framework for such an answer.
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Nonumericalestimateof the cost has been made.
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I regret that data are not yet available in a form which allows any simplenumericalestimateto be made.
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Anynumericalestimatewould require a number of assumptions and would inevitably be highly uncertain.
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It is not possible to give anumericalestimateof the persons likely to be admitted under this scheme, and its operation will be carefully watched.
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If the whole question was to be settled by a fight between our cruisers and the organised cruisers of another nation, thenumericalestimatewould be amply sufficient.
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It is not possible to give anumericalestimateof the persons likely to be admitted under this scheme and its operation will be carefully watched.
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It gives anumericalestimateof the probability that a system away from equilibrium will have a certain change in entropy over a certain amount of time.
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In the following sections, numerical estimates, based on oceanographic data, will be presented for baroclinic inertia-gravity waves and surface gravity waves.
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Because this classification is only based on participants' outcome response outputs (here, numerical estimates), it can give rise to misclassifications.
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Connectionist models are based on numerical estimates that are not guaranteed to be accurate.
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Several example lines and corresponding numerical estimates were provided to illustrate the concept of proportionality.
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Finally, we use simulations to obtain numerical estimates of the parameters.
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Numerical estimates of the optimal annuitization date for a 65-year old male with a 50 per cent insured consumption floor depend on risk tolerance and forecasts of asset returns.
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