countedvariable
nounUK /ˈkaʊntɪd ˈveəriəbl/
US /ˈkaʊntɪd ˈveriəbl/
A counted variable is a number you get by counting things, like how many apples you have.
The number of students in the class is a counted variable because you count them one by one.
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2. In statistics, a variable that can only take whole-number values such as 0, 1, 2, and so on.
The number of pets each family owns is a counted variable.
3. A quantity in a program that keeps track of how many times something happens.
The loop uses a counted variable to stop after ten repeats.
4. A value obtained by tallying items rather than measuring them with a scale.
Eggs in a basket form a counted variable, while their weight is a measured one.