mesokurtic
|me-so-kur-tic|
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/ˌmɛsəˈkɜːrtɪk/
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/ˌmɛsəˈkɜːtɪk/
normal kurtosis
Etymology
Etymology Information
'mesokurtic' originates from Greek, specifically the word 'mesos' meaning 'middle' and 'kurtos' meaning 'curved'.
Historical Evolution
'mesos' and 'kurtos' combined in statistical terminology to describe distributions with normal kurtosis.
Meaning Changes
Initially, it meant 'middle curved', but over time it evolved into its current meaning of 'having normal kurtosis'.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Adjective 1
describing a probability distribution that has the same kurtosis as a normal distribution.
The data set is mesokurtic, indicating a normal distribution of values.
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Last updated: 2025/07/16 18:02