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scagnostic

scagnostic noun: a heuristic used to automatically analyse variables in a large dataset in order to determine which scatterplots are to be visualised in a scatterplot matrix.

Noun

scagnostic (plural scagnostics)

  1. A heuristic used to automatically analyse variables in a large dataset in order to determine which scatterplots are to be visualised in a scatterplot matrix.

Forms of scagnostic

pluralscagnostics

Origin of scagnostic

Coined by John W. Tukey as a blend of scatterplot + cognostic (another Tukey coinage).

Questions about scagnostic

What does scagnostic mean?
Scagnostic means a heuristic used to automatically analyse variables in a large dataset in order to determine which scatterplots are to be visualised in a scatterplot matrix.
What part of speech is scagnostic?
Scagnostic is a noun.
What is the plural of scagnostic?
The plural of scagnostic is scagnostics.

Words near scagnostic in the dictionary

  1. scagliolas
  2. scagliolist
  3. scagliolists
  4. Scaglione
  5. Scagliones
  6. scagnostic
  7. scagnostics
  8. scags
  9. Scaife
  10. Scaifes
  11. scainiite

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