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jackknives

jackknives is the plural 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 jackknives

What is jackknives the plural of?
Jackknives is the plural of jackknife.

Words near jackknives in the dictionary

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

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