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lognormal

lognormal adjective: describing a logarithmic function that has a normal distribution.

Adjective

lognormal (not comparable)

  1. Describing a logarithmic function that has a normal distribution.

Noun

lognormal (plural lognormals)

  1. A logarithmic function that has a normal distribution.
    • The mgf of the low and high amplitude regions of a single lognormal variable and the derivatives is examined and attention is drawn to the effect of variance. The problem of inversion of the mgf/chf of a sum of lognormals to obtain the CDF/pdf is considered with special reference to methods related...2016, N B Chakrabarti, “A Note on a Sum of Lognormals”, in arXiv

Forms of lognormal

plurallognormals

Origin of lognormal

From log + normal.

Words formed from lognormal

Questions about lognormal

What does lognormal mean?
Lognormal means describing a logarithmic function that has a normal distribution.
What part of speech is lognormal?
Lognormal can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near lognormal in the dictionary

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  2. logmaker
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  4. logman
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  6. lognormal
  7. lognormalities
  8. lognormality
  9. lognormally
  10. lognormals
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