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Zipfian distributions

Zipfian distributions is the plural of Zipfian distribution.

Meaning of Zipfian distribution

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

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What is Zipfian distributions the plural of?
Zipfian distributions is the plural of Zipfian distribution.

Words near Zipfian distributions in the dictionary

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

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