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Lorenz curve

Lorenz curve noun: a graph that shows the proportion of overall income or wealth of the bottom percentage of people, often used to represent economic inequality.

Noun

Lorenz curve (plural Lorenz curves)

  1. A graph that shows the proportion of overall income or wealth of the bottom percentage of people, often used to represent economic inequality.

Lorenz curve meaning in Tamil

Lorenz curve in Tamil

லாரென்ஸ் வளைகோடு

Forms of Lorenz curve

pluralLorenz curves

Origin of Lorenz curve

Named after American economist Max Lorenz (1876–1959), who developed this in 1905.

Questions about Lorenz curve

What does Lorenz curve mean?
Lorenz curve means a graph that shows the proportion of overall income or wealth of the bottom percentage of people, often used to represent economic inequality.
What is Lorenz curve in Tamil?
Lorenz curve in Tamil is லாரென்ஸ் வளைகோடு. See Lorenz curve meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Lorenz curve?
Lorenz curve is a noun.
What is the plural of Lorenz curve?
The plural of Lorenz curve is Lorenz curves.

Words near Lorenz curve in the dictionary

  1. Lorentz-Fitzgerald contractions
  2. lorentzian
  3. Lorenz
  4. Lorenz attractor
  5. Lorenz attractors
  6. Lorenz curve
  7. Lorenz curves
  8. Lorenz gauge
  9. Lorenzana
  10. Lorenzanas
  11. Lorenzen

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Lorenz curve (page history and authors); lorenz curve (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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