statistic

adjective more statistic · most statistic

1. alternative Alternative form of statistical.statistical

noun statistics

1. A single item in a statistical study.
2. A quantity calculated from the data in a sample, which characterises an important aspect in the sample (such as mean or standard deviation).
3. A person, or personal event, reduced to being an item of statistical information. By dying from an overdose, he became just another statistic.

Similar: reduced to item of information, statistic

verb statistics · statisticking · statisticked

1. transitive To analyze or describe using statistics. This is the only subject in the world which has not been statisticked, which is another proof of scientific neglect by the investigators.
2. intransitive To cite or calculate statistics. When a fellow quits statisticking for a while, they say, "Oh, haven't you one more statistic?”
3. transitive To comprise (as statistics) The afternoon game was pitched by Walter Johnson and was the start of the sixteen-game winning streak which statisticked that one in Boston, four in St. Louis, four in Chicago, four in Detroit, three in Cleveland and none for the little boy who lives down the lane.