plim
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plim
- (mathematics) probability limit
- For a sequence {Xn} of random variables is the same as
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Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɪm
Adjective edit
plim (comparative more plim, superlative most plim)
- (chiefly South Wales) plump; full
Verb edit
plim (third-person singular simple present plims, present participle plimming, simple past and past participle plimmed)
- (chiefly South Wales) To swell or inflate; to fill up.
- 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 32:
- "Don't that make your bosom plim?"
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Etymology edit
A deverbative in -i(m), based on an unattested verb *plyej, from Proto-Albanian *plānja (“to fill”), from Proto-Indo-European *plē (“full”).[1]
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plim m (plural plimë, definite plimi, definite plural plimët)
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Declension of plim
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plim (feminine plime)
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References edit
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “plim”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 334
Haitian Creole edit
Etymology edit
From French plume (“feather”).
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plim
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from French plume (“quill”).
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plim
- pen (writing tool)
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plim
- meh (expressing indifference)
Further reading edit
- “plim”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014