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Coupon collector's problem. In probability theory, the coupon collector's problem refers to mathematical analysis of "collect all coupons and win" contests. It asks the following question: if each box of a given product (e.g., breakfast cereals) contains a coupon, and there are n different types of coupons, what is the probability that more ...
All the works in the collection are from 1975 to 2004. CREA includes samples from all Spanish-speaking countries. [1] The list of "2000 most frequent word forms" comes from an analysis of CREA version 3.2. [2] Plurals, verb conjugations, and other inflections are ranked separately. Homonyms, however, are not distinguished from one another. CREA ...
Gemination. In phonetics and phonology, gemination ( / ˌdʒɛmɪˈneɪʃən /; from Latin geminatio 'doubling', itself from gemini 'twins' [ 1] ), or consonant lengthening, is an articulation of a consonant for a longer period of time than that of a singleton consonant. [ 2] It is distinct from stress.
Duration (finance) In finance, the duration of a financial asset that consists of fixed cash flows, such as a bond, is the weighted average of the times until those fixed cash flows are received. When the price of an asset is considered as a function of yield, duration also measures the price sensitivity to yield, the rate of change of price ...
Word list. A word list (or lexicon) is a list of a language's lexicon (generally sorted by frequency of occurrence either by levels or as a ranked list) within some given text corpus, serving the purpose of vocabulary acquisition. A lexicon sorted by frequency "provides a rational basis for making sure that learners get the best return for ...
List of consonants. This is a list of all the consonants which have a dedicated letter in the International Phonetic Alphabet, plus some of the consonants which require diacritics, ordered by place and manner of articulation . IPA: Pulmonic consonants. Place →. Labial.
This is a list of Spanish words of French origin. It is further divided into words that come from Modern French and Old French. In both cases, the words included did not exist in Latin. Some of these words have alternate etymologies and may also appear on a list of Spanish words from a different language.
Meanwhile, the guys make a bet to see who can go the longest without saying any words containing the letter "S". The first person to say at least one word that has the letter (but not the sound) "S" has to run around campus wearing a bikini top, a hula skirt and wear a helmet with a flashing light. Michael ends up losing the game as he has a date.