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heavy-tailed

heavy-tailed adjective: having a heavy tail; leptokurtic.

Adjective

heavy-tailed (comparative more heavy-tailed, superlative most heavy-tailed)

  1. Having a heavy tail; leptokurtic.
    Synonyms:
    fat-tailed

Synonyms of heavy-tailed

Forms of heavy-tailed

comparativemore heavy-tailed
superlativemost heavy-tailed

Questions about heavy-tailed

What does heavy-tailed mean?
Heavy-tailed means having a heavy tail; leptokurtic.
What part of speech is heavy-tailed?
Heavy-tailed is an adjective.

Words near heavy-tailed in the dictionary

  1. heavy-lidded
  2. heavy-lifting
  3. heavy-metal umlaut
  4. heavy-metal umlauts
  5. heavy-set
  6. heavy-tailed
  7. heavy-water
  8. heavy-water reactor
  9. heavy-water reactors
  10. heavyeyed
  11. heavyhanded

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