English Dictionary

law of averages

名詞

くだけた表現

(statistics) The statistical tendency toward a fixed proportion in the results when an experiment is repeated a large number of times; the law of large numbers.

日本語の意味

大数の法則：多数の試行において、結果が一定の割合に近づくという統計学的性質。 / 実験や試行を繰り返すことで、結果の分布が固定の比率に収束するという傾向。

After three straight losses, she trusted the law of averages and believed they'd win the next game.

3連敗した後、彼女は多数回の試行で結果が一定の割合に近づくという統計的傾向を頼りにして、次の試合で勝てると信じていた。

意味（1）

(statistics) The statistical tendency toward a fixed proportion in the results when an experiment is repeated a large number of times; the law of large numbers.

... as they will not have sufficient distribution of risk to permit the law of averages to play its part and a severe total loss may ...

意味（2）

(informal) An imaginary or perceived "law" of probabilities which is wrongly used to predict results in the short-term.

This coin has landed on heads ten times, so by the law of averages it must land on tails next time.