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tail events

tail events is the plural of tail event.

Meaning of tail event

Noun

tail event (plural tail events)

  1. an event associated with a given infinite sequence Y=y_k|k>k_0 that is determined by any subsequence of the form Y_n=y_k|k>n,n>k_0 (a "tail" of that sequence)
  2. a low-probability event
    • Exactly two years later, it was shattered by the force of a tsunami equivalent to the impact of 250 jumbo jets flying at 1,000 kilometers an hour—the very apotheosis of a real tail event.2012, Masahiro Kawai, Eswar S. Prasad, New Paradigms for Financial Regulation: Emerging Market Perspectives, Brookings Institution Press, →ISBN, page 186
  3. an event that initiates an activity

Questions about tail events

What is tail events the plural of?
Tail events is the plural of tail event.

Words near tail events in the dictionary

  1. tail end
  2. Tail End Charlie
  3. Tail End Charlies
  4. tail ends
  5. tail event
  6. tail events
  7. tail feather
  8. tail feathers
  9. tail fin
  10. tail fins
  11. tail flap

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