Meaning & use
dependent event
In probability, an event whose outcome or likelihood is affected by a previous event.
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Drawing a second card without replacement is a dependent event in probability.
Weather and flight delays are dependent events because one strongly influences the other.
A note on using this word
Contrasts directly with "independent event," where one outcome has no effect on the other.
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