expected value

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expected value

/ɪkˈspɛkt.ɪd ˈval.juː/ UK, contemporary
/ɪkˈspɛkt.ɪd ˈvæl.juː/
/ɪkˈspɛkt.ɪd ˈvæl.ju/ Canada, US
/ɪkˈspekt.ɪd ˈvæl.jʉː/ Australia
/əkˈspekt.əd ˈvɛl.jʉː/ New Zealand
/ɪkˈspɛkt.ɪd ˈval.jʉ/ Scotland
/ɪkˈspɛkʈ.ɪɖ ˈval.juː/ India

noun expected values

countable, uncountable The weighted average of outcome values, using probability as the weighting function.
Similar: expectation, expectancy, expectation operator, mathematical expectation, mean, expectation value, first moment

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noun weighted average of outcomes

Español	esperanza matemática, esperanza, valor esperado
中文	期望值 qīwàngzhí
Français	espérance mathématique, espérance
Deutsch	Erwartungswert
Italiano	valore atteso
Русский	математи́ческое ожида́ние matematíčeskoje ožidánije
العربية	قِيمَة مُتَوَقَّعَة
עברית	תּוֹחֶלֶת tokhélet

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@misc{expected_value_2026,
  title = {expected value},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/expected%20value},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}