コホート

noun

cohort (statistics)

In statistics, a group of individuals sharing a common characteristic, often studied over time.

• この研けん究きゅうでは、同おなじ年としに生うまれたコホートを追つい跡せき調ちょう査さした。

  In this study, we followed a cohort born in the same year.

noun

cohort (biology)

In biological taxonomy, a rank between class and order, or sometimes used for a group of related organisms.

• 哺ほ乳にゅう類るいの分ぶん類るいでは、コホートという階かい級きゅうが使つかわれることがある。

  In mammalian classification, the rank of cohort is sometimes used.