estimator
nounUK /ˈɛs.tɪˌmeɪ.tə/ · US /ˈɛs.təˌmeɪ.tɚ/
Etymology From Latin aestimātor; equivalent to estimate + -or.
1
A person who estimates, especially one who estimates costs
- The Æstimators of the Valor of everie Townes Teinds.1596, James Melville, The Diary of Mr James Melvill. 1556-1601., Edinburgh, published 1829, page 225:
2
Mathematics, Sciences A function of a random sample of a population used to estimate some parameter of the whole population
- Derived terms
- L-estimator, James-Stein estimator
- Related terms
- overestimator, underestimator