hidden variable
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- noun
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variable oculta
- Beginning around 1980, AI researchers started attacking applications, such as medical diagnosis, in which observations (for example, symptoms, lab tests) are processed to make uncertain inferences about hidden variables (such as diseases).
And so he argued for local hidden variables.
- And so he argued for local hidden variables.
- And then came a more outrageous proposition by Einstein and others, that there are hidden variables.
- We specified some of the hidden variables to have anchors, but we also left some of them to be unanchored, meaning, you know, free variables.
- The mesoscale components are mathematical abstractions that play a role in of hidden variables in a machine learning or a statistical model.
Examples
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Many experiments struggle to account for hidden variables, making their results less reliable.
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There are hidden variables so it's difficult to predict the outcome.
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Bell's theorem cannot be applied to a single 3D object to rule out hidden variables.
Blog text (29) -
It seems that they are trying to put forth another test for hidden variable theories.
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Only a hidden variable could explain the probability of quantum mechanics uniting physics.
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The majority of philosophers do want to introduce collapse, or else do want to add hidden variables or suchlike.
Blog text (29) -
This experiment eliminated the possibility of "hidden variables" and showed, beyond any reasonable doubt, that quantum physics is indeed the correct way to describe the universe.
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In scientific research, hidden variables can obscure the true relationships between observed factors.
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Researchers must consider all possible hidden variables to accurately interpret their data.
Synonyms
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A thing that helps cause a result
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Something you do not know or cannot identify, for example a variable in math
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A person or thing you do not yet know much about
A factor that cannot be seen or measured directly
How Revealing
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is a direct composition of 'hidden' (not visible/detectable) and 'variable' (an element that can assume values), so a learner who knows both words can infer an unobserved factor affecting outcomes. This adjective+noun combinational pattern is common and cross-linguistically transparent, making the phrase predictable to B1 learners.
Etymology
Hidden variable may come from the simple image of something hiding behind a curtain and pulling the strings of a scene. The word hidden shows it is out of sight and variable means something that can change, so the term refers to an unseen factor that 'changes' the outcome of a study or process.