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leptokurtosis

leptokurtosis noun: the property of having kurtosis greater than that of a normal distribution; equivalently, having positive excess kurtosis.

Noun

leptokurtosis (uncountable)

  1. The property of having kurtosis greater than that of a normal distribution; equivalently, having positive excess kurtosis.
    Synonyms:
    fat tail, heavy tail

Synonyms of leptokurtosis

Antonyms

Origin of leptokurtosis

From lepto- + kurtosis.

Questions about leptokurtosis

What does leptokurtosis mean?
Leptokurtosis means the property of having kurtosis greater than that of a normal distribution; equivalently, having positive excess kurtosis.
What part of speech is leptokurtosis?
Leptokurtosis is a noun.

Words near leptokurtosis in the dictionary

  1. leptohadron
  2. leptohadrons
  3. leptohyphid
  4. leptohyphids
  5. leptokurtic
  6. leptokurtosis
  7. leptokurtotic
  8. leptolepid
  9. leptolepidid
  10. leptolepidids
  11. leptolepids

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