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distribution-free

distribution-free adjective: free of specific assumptions about the shape of the probability distribution generating the sample.

Adjective

distribution-free (not comparable)

  1. Free of specific assumptions about the shape of the probability distribution generating the sample.
    Synonyms:
    nonparametric

Synonyms of distribution-free

Origin of distribution-free

From distribution + -free.

Questions about distribution-free

What does distribution-free mean?
Distribution-free means free of specific assumptions about the shape of the probability distribution generating the sample.
What part of speech is distribution-free?
Distribution-free is an adjective.

Words near distribution-free in the dictionary

  1. distribution parks
  2. distribution server
  3. distribution servers
  4. distribution transformer
  5. distribution transformers
  6. distribution-free
  7. distributional
  8. distributional semantics
  9. distributionalism
  10. distributionally
  11. distributional–relational database

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