GLOSSARY

　　absolutely  ad. completely 绝对地；完全地

　　allocation  n. the giving of shares 分配；配给

　　appreciably  ad. noticeably； enough to be fact， or considered important 可估计地；足以感到地

　　at random aimlessly  without any plan 无目的；无计划

　　categorization  n. putting in a class or category  分类

　　category  n. kind； class； type 种类；类目

　　certainty  n. freedom of doubt  无疑问；确实

　　deviation  n. the difference （between a measure and the average of all the measures 偏差

　　diagonal  a. slanting 斜的

　　estimate  v. calculate； form an opinion as to the degree of sth. 估计；评价

　　extrapolate  v. guess from known facts 推知；推断

　　fluke  n. a lucky accident 侥幸

　　freak  n. a living creature of unnatural form； a person with father strange habits or ideas  畸形的人

　　lopsided  a. having one side heavier or lower than the other； not balanced 倾斜的；不平衡的

　　observations  n. saying or writings about things noticed  观察材料（或报告）

　　potential  a. existing in possibility 潜在的；有可能性的

　　probability  n. likelihood； the chance of an event happening 可能性

　　provided  conj. on condition that； if us  …为条件；假如

　　questionnaire  a piece of paper showing a set of questions to be answered 问题表；调查表

　　representative  a. typical 代表性的；典型的

　　rogue  n. a very dishonest person， esp. a man  流氓；无赖

　　sampling  n. calculating by taking and examining a small part representing the whole 取样检验

　　skew  a. not straight； sloping or twisted 斜的；歪的；偏的

　　stroke  n. a line made by a single movement of a pen or brush in writing 一笔；一划

　　subspanision  smaller group or class produced by further spaniding 由

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