Kurtosis Definition
kər-tōsĭs
kurtoses
noun
The degree of peakedness of the graph of a statistical distribution, indicative of the concentration around the mean.
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Noun
Singular:
kurtosis
Plural:
kurtosesOrigin of Kurtosis
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Greek kurtōsis bulging, curvature from kurtoun to make bulge from kurtos convex sker-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Ancient Greek κύρτωσις (kurtōsis, “bulging, convexity”), from κυρτός (kurtos, “bulging”).
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