binomial distribution: Meaning and Definition of

bino'mial distribu'tion

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— Statistics. Statistics.
  1. a distribution giving the probability of obtaining a specified number of successes in a finite set of independent trials in which the probability of a success remains the same from trial to trial. Also called
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