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Poissonian

UK/pwɑːˈsəʊ.ni.ən/US/pwɑˈsoʊ.ni.ən/

Poissonian adjective: of or pertaining to the Poisson distribution.

Adjective

Poissonian (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the Poisson distribution.
    • We saw that the observation of Poissonian and super-Poissonian statistics could be explained by classical wave theory, but not sub-Poissonian statistics.2006, Mark Fox, Quantum Optics: An Introduction, page 105

Noun

Poissonian (plural Poissonians)

  1. A Poisson distribution.
    • Analysis of the actual data is plotted as a solid line, the corresponding distribution made by superimposing Poissonians is shown as a dotted line, and the exponential decay with same mean interval as the solid line is shown as a dashed line.2013, Hideki Takayasu, Empirical Science of Financial Fluctuations: The Advent of Econophysics

Forms of Poissonian

pluralPoissonians

Origin of Poissonian

From Poisson + -ian.

Words that rhyme with Poissonian

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Questions about Poissonian

What does Poissonian mean?
Poissonian means of or pertaining to the Poisson distribution.
What part of speech is Poissonian?
Poissonian can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce Poissonian?
Poissonian is pronounced /pwɑːˈsəʊ.ni.ən/ (UK).

Words near Poissonian in the dictionary

  1. Poisson processes
  2. Poisson spot
  3. Poisson spots
  4. Poisson's ratio
  5. Poisson's ratios
  6. Poissonian
  7. Poissonians
  8. poissonier
  9. poissoniers
  10. Poissonization
  11. poissonnier

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