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Lotka's law

Lotka's law proper noun: one of a variety of special applications of Zipf's law, describing the frequency of publication by authors in any given field.

Proper noun

Lotka's law

  1. One of a variety of special applications of Zipf's law, describing the frequency of publication by authors in any given field.

Origin of Lotka's law

Named after Alfred J. Lotka.

Questions about Lotka's law

What does Lotka's law mean?
Lotka's law means one of a variety of special applications of Zipf's law, describing the frequency of publication by authors in any given field.
What part of speech is Lotka's law?
Lotka's law is a proper noun.

Words near Lotka's law in the dictionary

  1. lotions up
  2. lotiony
  3. lotis
  4. Lotito
  5. Lotitos
  6. Lotka's law
  7. Lotka-Volterra equation
  8. Lotka-Volterra equations
  9. lotless
  10. Lotmore
  11. loto

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