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Zipfian distribution

Zipfian distribution noun: a discrete probability distribution whose rank-frequency distribution is an inverse power law relation.

Noun

Zipfian distribution (plural Zipfian distributions)

  1. (mathematical statistics) A discrete probability distribution whose rank-frequency distribution is an inverse power law relation.
    • A Zipfian distribution occurs when some values appear much more often than others. When you diagram it on a graph with logarithm scales on both axes, you get a straight line (see Figure 12.1).2010, Joe Celko, Joe Celko's Analytics and OLAP in SQL, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 108

Forms of Zipfian distribution

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Questions about Zipfian distribution

What does Zipfian distribution mean?
Zipfian distribution means a discrete probability distribution whose rank-frequency distribution is an inverse power law relation.
What part of speech is Zipfian distribution?
Zipfian distribution is a noun.
What is the plural of Zipfian distribution?
The plural of Zipfian distribution is Zipfian distributions.

Words near Zipfian distribution in the dictionary

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

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