collectively exhaustive

adjective

Of a set of events: having the property that at least one must occur.

“When rolling a six-sided die, the outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 are collectively exhaustive.”

Meanings

adjectivecollectively exhaustive (not comparable)
  1. not comparablemathematicsOf a set of events: having the property that at least one must occur.

    When rolling a six-sided die, the outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 are collectively exhaustive.

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