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jackknifes

jackknifes is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 jackknifes

What is jackknifes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Jackknifes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of jackknife.

Words near jackknifes in the dictionary

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

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