latent variable

名词 n.
中文释义

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

latent variables plural

词源

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