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Zipfian

/ˈzɪpfiːən/

Zipfian adjective: of or relating to George Kingsley Zipf (1902–1950), American linguist who studied statistical occurrences in different languages and proposed the Zipfian distribution, codified as Zipf's Law, one of a family of discrete power law probability distributions.

Adjective

Zipfian (comparative more Zipfian, superlative most Zipfian)

  1. Of or relating to George Kingsley Zipf (1902–1950), American linguist who studied statistical occurrences in different languages and proposed the Zipfian distribution, codified as Zipf's Law, one of a family of discrete power law probability distributions.
  2. Of or pertaining to Zipf's law or its Zipfian distribution.

Forms of Zipfian

comparativemore Zipfian
superlativemost Zipfian

Origin of Zipfian

From Zipf + -ian.

Words formed from Zipfian

Phrases with Zipfian

Questions about Zipfian

What does Zipfian mean?
Zipfian means of or relating to George Kingsley Zipf (1902–1950), American linguist who studied statistical occurrences in different languages and proposed the Zipfian distribution, codified as Zipf's Law, one of a family of discrete power law probability distributions.
What part of speech is Zipfian?
Zipfian is an adjective.
How do you pronounce Zipfian?
Zipfian is pronounced /ˈzɪpfiːən/.

Words near Zipfian in the dictionary

  1. Zipes
  2. Zipf
  3. Zipf's law
  4. Zipfel
  5. Zipfels
  6. Zipfian
  7. Zipfian distribution
  8. Zipfian distributions
  9. zipgun
  10. zipguns
  11. ziphead

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