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排反 (はいはん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

排はい反はん

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Meanings

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na-adjective

mutually exclusive

statistics

Technical term in statistics and probability theory. Describes events that cannot occur simultaneously.

事じ象しょうAと事じ象しょうBが排はい反はんであるとき、P(A∩B)=0となる。
When events A and B are mutually exclusive, P(A∩B)=0.

Kanji

排repudiate, exclude, expel
反anti-

Similar words

独どく立りつ
独立 (independent) is a different concept: independent events can occur together, while 排反 events cannot.

Etymology

Compound of 排 (exclude, reject) and 反 (opposite, against), literally 'exclude-oppose'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term is used in modern technical contexts.