plim

plim

Translingual

Symbol

plim

1. (mathematics) probability limit

   For a sequence {X_n} of random variables ${\\displaystyle {\\underset {n\\to \\infty }{\\operatorname {plim} }}\\,X_{n}=X}$ is the same as ${\\displaystyle \\lim _{n\\to \\infty }\\operatorname {Pr} {\\big (}|X_{n}-X|\\geq \\varepsilon {\\big )}=0}$ ${\\displaystyle (\\forall \\varepsilon >0)}$

See also

• lim

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English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪm

Adjective

plim (comparative more plim, superlative most plim)

1. (chiefly South Wales) plump; full

Verb

plim (third-person singular simple present plims, present participle plimming, simple past and past participle plimmed)

1. (chiefly South Wales) To swell or inflate; to fill up.
   • 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 32:

     "Don't that make your bosom plim?"

Anagrams

• IPML, impl, limp, pilm

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Albanian

Alternative forms

• plym

Etymology

A deverbative in -i(m), based on an unattested verb *plyej, from Proto-Albanian *plānja (“to fill”), from Proto-Indo-European *plē (“full”).[1]

Noun

plim m (indefinite plural plimë, definite singular plimi, definite plural plimët)

1. mass crowd
2. row

Declension

Declension of plim

	indefinite forms (trajta të pashquara)			definite forms (trajta të shquara)
	singular (numri njëjës)	plural (numri shumës)		singular (numri njëjës)	plural (numri shumës)
nominative (emërore)	(një) plim	(disa) plimë		plimi	plimët
accusative (kallëzore)	(një) plim	(disa) plimë		plimin	plimët
genitive (gjinore) (i/e/të/së)	(një) plimi	(disa) plimëve		plimit	plimëvet
dative (dhanore)	(një) plimi	(disa) plimëve		plimit	plimëvet
ablative (rrjedhore) (prej)	(një) plimi	(disa) plimësh		plimit	plimëvet

Adjective

plim m (feminine plime)

1. in heaps, in piles

Related terms

• plotë

References

1. Orel, Vladimir (1998), “plim”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 334

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Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French plume (“feather”).

Noun

plim

1. feather

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Rade

Etymology

Borrowed from French plume (“quill”).

Noun

plim

1. pen (writing tool)

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• plin

Interjection

plim

1. meh (expressing indifference)

Further reading

• “plim”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014