time series

noun

time series

noun
1

Mathematics, Sciences, Statistics A set of data points, each of which represents the value of the same variable at different times, normally at uniform intervals.

  • The message is a discrete or continuous sequence of measurable events distributed in time—presicely what is called a time series by the statisticians.1948, Norbert Wiener, Cybernetics; or, Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine, 2nd edition, MIT Press, →ISBN, pages 8–9:
Derived terms
time series analysis, time-series analysis, time series animation, time series data, time series database server, time series model, time series prediction
Hyponyms
series, set

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