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shorths

shorths is the plural of shorth.

Meaning of shorth

Noun

shorth (plural shorths)

  1. The shortest interval containing a specified fraction (typically a half) of a distribution
    • To estimate the mode of a (distance) distribution, we used the midpoint of the shorth (the shortest interval that covers half the values).2009 January 25, Wu Wei Zhenyu Xu et al., “Bidirectional promoters generate pervasive transcription in yeast”, in Nature, volume 457, number 7232, →DOI, pages 1033–1037

Questions about shorths

What is shorths the plural of?
Shorths is the plural of shorth.

Words near shorths in the dictionary

  1. shorthorn sculpin
  2. shorthorn sculpins
  3. shorthorns
  4. Shorthouse
  5. Shorthouses
  6. shorths
  7. shortia
  8. shortias
  9. shortie
  10. shorties
  11. shortify

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