variate

2 definitions found

variate - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Variate \Va"ri*ate\, v. t. & i. [L. variatus, p. p. of variare.
     See Vary.]
     To alter; to make different; to vary.
     [1913 Webster]

variate - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  variate
      n 1: a variable quantity that is random [syn: random variable,
           variate, variant, stochastic variable, chance variable
           ]