fair coin

English

Noun

fair coin (plural fair coins)

  2. (idiomatic, probability theory, statistics) A sequence of independent Bernoulli trials (a Bernoulli process) with probability 1/2 of success on each trial.
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: an ideal coin, one so physically perfect that it has zero bias in its flipping.
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