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random variable

Source:
A Dictionary of Statistics

random variable (r.v.) 

When the value of a variable is subject to random variation, or when it is the value of a randomly chosen member of a population, it is described as a random variable—though the adjective ‘random’ may be omitted. See probability distribution.