plim

Translingual

Symbol

plim

1. (mathematics) probability limit

   For a sequence {X_n} of random variables $\underset{n\to \mathrm{\infty }}{\mathrm{plim}}{X}_n=X$ is the same as $\underset{n\to \mathrm{\infty }}{lim}\mathrm{Pr}(|X_n-X|\ge \epsilon )=0$ $(\mathrm{\forall }\epsilon >0)$

See also

• lim

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plɪm/, [pʰlɪm]
• Rhymes: -ɪm

Adjective

plim (comparative more plim, superlative most plim)

1. (chiefly South Wales) plump; full

Verb

plim (third-person singular simple present plims, present participle plimming, simple past and past participle plimmed)

1. (chiefly South Wales) To swell or inflate; to fill up.
   • 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 32:

     "Don't that make your bosom plim?"

Anagrams

• IPML, impl, limp, pilm

Albanian

Alternative forms

• plym

Etymology

A deverbative in -i(m), based on an unattested verb *plyej, from Proto-Albanian *plānja (“to fill”), from Proto-Indo-European *plē (“full”).

Noun

plim m (plural plimë, definite plimi, definite plural plimët)

1. mass crowd
2. row

Declension

Declension of plim

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	plim	plimi	plimë	plimët
accusative		plimin
dative	plimi	plimit	plimëve	plimëve
ablative			plimësh

Adjective

plim (feminine plime)

1. in heaps, in piles

Related terms

• plotë

Guianese Creole

Etymology

From French plume.

Noun

plim

1. feather

Related terms

• plimen

References

• Barthelemi, Georges (1995), Dictionnaire pratique créole guyanais - français [Practical Guianese Creole-French Dictionary] (in French), Cayenne: Ibis Rouge Éditions, →ISBN, page 160

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French plume (“feather”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plim/

Noun

plim

1. feather

Related terms

• plimen

References

• Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary‎^[1], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 151

Rade

Etymology

Borrowed from French plume (“quill”).

Noun

plim

1. pen (writing tool)

Spanish

Alternative forms

• plin

Interjection

plim

1. meh (expressing indifference)

Further reading

• “plim”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025