Associations to the word «Estimator»

Wiktionary

ESTIMATOR, noun. A person who estimates, especially one who estimates costs
ESTIMATOR, noun. (mathematics) A function of a random sample of a population used to estimate some parameter of the whole population

Dictionary definition

ESTIMATOR, noun. An expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines).

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope