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jackknifed

jackknifed is the simple past and past participle of jackknife.

Meaning of jackknife

Noun

jackknife (plural jackknives)

  1. A resampling method that applies estimators to all subsamples that each omit a single different group (possibly of a single datapoint) of the original sample to provide a sample distribution of the estimate.
    Synonyms:
    leave-one-out

Questions about jackknifed

What is jackknifed the simple past and past participle of?
Jackknifed is the simple past and past participle of jackknife.

Words near jackknifed in the dictionary

  1. jackknife
  2. jackknife clam
  3. jackknife clams
  4. jackknife switch
  5. jackknife switches
  6. jackknifed
  7. jackknifes
  8. jackknifing
  9. jackknives
  10. jackleg
  11. jackleg fence

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