backshift

English

noun
Definitions
  • (grammar) The changing of the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.
  • (statistics) A function on a stochastic process whose value on any random variable is the preceding random variable in the process.

Etymology

Compound from English back (mild drink, back, chaser) + English shift.

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English

shift

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