# characteristic function

> function associated to a real-valued random variable that completely defines its probability distribution; the Fourier transform of the probability density function

**Wikidata**: [Q822139](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q822139)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Characteristic_function_(probability_theory))  
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