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jackknifing

jackknifing is the present participle and gerund 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 jackknifing

What is jackknifing the present participle and gerund of?
Jackknifing is the present participle and gerund of jackknife.

Words near jackknifing in the dictionary

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

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