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Etymology
From G. Statistik, from NL. statisticum ("of the state") and It. statista ("statesman" or "politician"); Statistik, first introduced by w:Gottfried Achenwall|Gottfried Achenwall (1749), originally designated the analysis of data about the state.

Noun
plural of|statistic

1. (singular) A mathematical science concerned with data collection, presentation, analysis, and interpretation.
2. (collective noun) A systematic collection of data on measurements or observations, often related to demographic information such as population counts, incomes, population counts at different ages, etc. Some local governments have (or had) a Department of Vital Statistics.
3. plural of|statistic

Translations
trans-top|mathematical science
Arabic: ARchar|ع�� ا�احصاء unicode|(�elm al-�iħ�á:�) m
Croatian: t-|hr|statistika|f
Czech: t-|cs|statistika|f
Danish: statistik
Dutch: statistiek f
Finnish: t+|fi|tilastotiede
French: t-|fr|statistiques|f
Greek: t+|el|��α�ι��ική|f|trstatistikí|scGrek
Interlingua: statistica
Italian: t-|it|statistica|f
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Japanese: 統�学 (������, t�keigaku)
Latvian: t-|lv|statistika|xs=Latvian
Norwegian: t-|no|statistikk
Russian: ��а�и��ика (statístika) f
Scots: stateestics
Spanish: t-|es|estadística|f
Swedish: t+|sv|statistik
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trans-top|collection of measurements
Arabic: ARchar|ع�� ا�احصاء unicode|(�elm al-�iħ�á:�) m
Chinese: 統�, �计 (t�ngjì)
Croatian: t-|hr|statistika|f
Czech: t-|cs|statistika|f
Danish: statistik
Dutch: statistiek f
Finnish: tilasto, tilastotiedot p, tilastot p
French: t-|fr|statistiques|f
German: t+|de|Statistik|f
Greek: ��α�ι��ική (statistikí) f
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Interlingua: statistica
Italian: t-|it|statistica|f
Japanese: 統� (����, t�kei
Latvian: t-|lv|statistika|xs=Latvian
Korean: �� (tonggye)
Norwegian: t-|no|statistikk
Portuguese: estatística f
Russian: ��а�и��ика (statístika) f
Spanish: t-|es|estadística|f
Swedish: statistik
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• 2007-12-21 11:38 - Tbot - added t for fi, el, sv, de

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