Poissonian
/pwɑːˈsəʊ.ni.ən/ adj, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A Poisson distribution.
"Analysis of the actual data is plotted as a solid line, the corresponding distribution made by superimposing Poissonians is shown as a dotted line, and the exponential decay with same mean interval as the solid line is shown as a dashed line."
Adjective
- 1 Of or pertaining to the Poisson distribution. not-comparable
"We saw that the observation of Poissonian and super-Poissonian statistics could be explained by classical wave theory, but not sub-Poissonian statistics."
Example
More examples"We saw that the observation of Poissonian and super-Poissonian statistics could be explained by classical wave theory, but not sub-Poissonian statistics."
Etymology
From Poisson + -ian.