noun
Meaning 1
A person who confounds.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
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confounder
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noun
Meaning 2
A factor, in data analysis, that causes the effects of two distinct processes to be indistinguishable; a confounding variable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree English confound Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English confounder From confound + -er.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: sekoittava tekijä — factor causing two distinct processes
- Finnish: sekoittaja — factor causing two distinct processes
- French: confondeur — factor causing two distinct processes
- German: Störvariable — factor causing two distinct processes
- German: Störfaktor — factor causing two distinct processes
- German: Drittvariable — factor causing two distinct processes
- German: Drittfaktor — factor causing two distinct processes