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confidence interval

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A range defined such that there is a fixed probability that the value of the measured parameter will fall within the range.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics

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25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: interval de confiança — a particular kind of interval estimate of a population parameter
  • Chinese Mandarin: 置信區間 /置信区间 (zhìxìn qūjiān) — a particular kind of interval estimate of a population parameter
  • Chinese Mandarin: 信賴區間 /信赖区间 (xìnlài qūjiān) — a particular kind of interval estimate of a population parameter
  • Czech: interval spolehlivosti — a particular kind of interval estimate of a population parameter
  • Dutch: betrouwbaarheidsinterval — a particular kind of interval estimate of a population parameter
  • Estonian: usaldusvahemik — a particular kind of interval estimate of a population parameter
  • Finnish: luottamusväli — a particular kind of interval estimate of a population parameter
  • French: intervalle de confiance — a particular kind of interval estimate of a population parameter
  • German: Konfidenzintervall — a particular kind of interval estimate of a population parameter
  • German: Vertrauensbereich — a particular kind of interval estimate of a population parameter
  • German: Mutungsintervall — a particular kind of interval estimate of a population parameter
  • Hungarian: megbízhatósági intervallum — a particular kind of interval estimate of a population parameter
  • Hungarian: konfidenciaintervallum — a particular kind of interval estimate of a population parameter
  • Indonesian: selang kepercayaan — a particular kind of interval estimate of a population parameter
  • Italian: intervallo di confidenza — a particular kind of interval estimate of a population parameter
  • Italian: intervallo di fiducia — a particular kind of interval estimate of a population parameter
  • Norwegian: konfidensintervall — a particular kind of interval estimate of a population parameter
  • Polish: przedział ufności — a particular kind of interval estimate of a population parameter
  • Portuguese: intervalo de confiança — a particular kind of interval estimate of a population parameter
  • Romanian: interval de încredere — a particular kind of interval estimate of a population parameter
  • Russian: довери́тельный интерва́л (doverítelʹnyj intervál) — a particular kind of interval estimate of a population parameter
  • Spanish: intervalo de confianza — a particular kind of interval estimate of a population parameter
  • Swedish: konfidensintervall — a particular kind of interval estimate of a population parameter
  • Ukrainian: дові́рчий інтерва́л (dovírčyj intervál) — a particular kind of interval estimate of a population parameter
  • Welsh: cyfywng hyder — a particular kind of interval estimate of a population parameter