statistic
sta·tis·tic / stəˈtistik/ • n. a fact or piece of data from a study of a large quantity of numerical data: the statistics show that the crime rate has increased. ∎ an event or person regarded as no more than such a piece of data (used to suggest an inappropriately impersonal approach): he was just another statistic.• adj. another term for statistical.
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