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power laws

power laws is the plural of power law.

Meaning of power law

Noun

power law (plural power laws)

  1. A mathematical relationship in which the magnitude of something is proportional to a fixed power of the magnitude of something else (i.e. the relationship takes the form f(x)=axᵏ).
    • the death toll from a large number of small civil wars is lower than that from a few big interstate wars, to say nothing of world wars, consistent with the power-law distribution of deadly quarrels.2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin, published 2012, page 314

Questions about power laws

What is power laws the plural of?
Power laws is the plural of power law.

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