statistically improbable phrase

noun

A sequence of words, constituting a multiword phrase, occurring exclusively in a certain set of documents, or more commonly in those documents than in wider usage.

“The phrase "computationally impractical to reverse" is a statistically improbable phrase found in the Bitcoin documentation.”

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Meanings

nounstatistically improbable phrase (plural statistically improbable phrases)

plural statistically improbable phrases

  1. A sequence of words, constituting a multiword phrase, occurring exclusively in a certain set of documents, or more commonly in those documents than in wider usage.

    The phrase "computationally impractical to reverse" is a statistically improbable phrase found in the Bitcoin documentation.

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Chicago

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