Geometric distribution
noun
1.
(statistics) the distribution of the number, x, of independent trials required to obtain a first success: where the probability in each is p, the probability that x = r is p(1-p)r–1, where r = 1, 2, 3, …, with mean 1/p See also Bernoulli trial
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