plim

Translingual

Symbol

plim

1. (mathematics) probability limit

   For a sequence {X_n} of random variables ${\displaystyle {\underset {n\to \infty }{\operatorname {plim} }}\,X_{n}=X}$ is the same as ${\displaystyle \lim _{n\to \infty }\operatorname {Pr} {\big (}|X_{n}-X|\geq \varepsilon {\big )}=0}$ ${\displaystyle (\forall \varepsilon >0)}$

See also

• lim

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plɪm/, [pʰlɪm]
• Rhymes: -ɪm

Adjective

plim (comparative more plim, superlative most plim)

1. (chiefly South Wales) plump; full

Verb

plim (third-person singular simple present plims, present participle plimming, simple past and past participle plimmed)

1. (chiefly South Wales) To swell or inflate; to fill up.
   • 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 32:

     "Don't that make your bosom plim?"

Anagrams

• IPML, impl, limp, pilm