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Gaussian

//ˈɡaʊ.si.ən// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to Carl Friedrich Gauss.

    "The problem of inversion of the mgf/chf of a sum of lognormals to obtain the CDF/pdf is considered with special reference to methods related to Post Widder technique, Gaussian quadrature and the Fourier series method."

  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of Gaussian. alt-of
  3. 3
    Normal.

    "The criterion for positivity was determined for each antigen of each species applying a mixture model to the PP data which assumed two inherent Gaussian distributions: a narrow distribution or seronegatives, and a broader distribution of seropositives."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to Karl Gauss or his mathematical theories of magnetics or electricity or astronomy or probability wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Clipping of Gaussian function. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping

    "These conditions provide a framework which encompasses some notable approximation kernels including splines, so-called cardinal functions, and many radial basis functions such as the Gaussians and general multiquadrics."

  2. 2
    The normal distribution.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Gauss + -ian.

Etymology 2

From Gauss + -ian.

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