statistic

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A person, or personal event, reduced to being an item of statistical information.

   By dying from an overdose, he became just another statistic.

2. 2
   verb

   To analyze or describe using statistics.

   This is the only subject in the world which has not been statisticked, which is another proof of scientific neglect by the investigators.

3. 3
   verb

   To cite or calculate statistics.

   When a fellow quits statisticking for a while, they say, "Oh, haven't you one more statistic?”

4. 4
   verb

   To comprise (as statistics)

   The afternoon game was pitched by Walter Johnson and was the start of the sixteen-game winning streak which statisticked that one in Boston, four in St. Louis, four in Chicago, four in Detroit, three in Cleveland and none for the little boy who lives down the lane.

5. 5
   noun

   a datum that can be represented numerically

6. 6
   adj

   Alternative form of statistical.

7. 7
   noun

   A single item in a statistical study.

8. 8
   noun

   A quantity calculated from the data in a sample, which characterises an important aspect in the sample (such as mean or standard deviation).

Etymology

Back-formation from statistics.