latent variable

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A variable that is not directly measured but is inferred by means of a mathematical model from one or more directly observed variables.
    — Each of these is a latent variable, which is measured by one or more observable variables.

词形变化

词源

The variables are latent (“hidden”) because they are not directly observed, but instead inferred from other variables.
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