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rho

rho

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Seventeenth letter of the Greek alphabet used as a symbol in math and science
  • noun
  • /roʊ/
: rho
  • In the equation, the variable rho represents the density of the material.
  • density rho
  • rho correlation
  • coefficient rho

Examples

  • The transition temperature and the peak atomic density Rho are related: Rho Lambda 3, sub dB approximately equal to 2.612.

    Academic text (1999)

  • Pearson's and Spearman's rho correlations were used to analyze relationships between variables.

    Academic text (2018)

  • That means J is constant and rho is constant.

  • And for each value of rho, there's one value of R.

  • I've learned that this is rho for this matrix.

  • Now square this, the rho squared, the R-squared.

  • So Z is equal to rho, cosine Phi.

  • Each respondent had three values of Spearman's rho because there were three matching news programs.

    Academic text (2016)

  • If the probability of the value of RHO was less than 0.05, the correlation was considered significant.

    Academic text (1998)

  • Percent agreement, kappa coefficient, and Spearman's rho were employed to estimate overall interrater agreement and agreement on specific word categories.

    Academic text (2014)

Surface Forms

rho singular
rhos plural

Etymology

Rho is the Greek name for the 'r' sound and it gave us the letter R used in English. So rho is the Greek letter that people in math and science use as a simple symbol, for example to show 'density' or a variable.