fisherian
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or relating to Ronald Fisher (1890–1962), English statistician, evolutionary biologist, geneticist, and eugenicist.
adj
Of or relating to Irving Fisher (1867–1947), American economist and statistician.
Example Sentences
- "Throughout is made use of the Fisherian equation i#95;t#61;E#95;t#92;#123;#92;pi#95;#123;t#43;1#125;#92;#125;#43;r#95;t which implies that the nominal rate adjusts one-for-one with expected inflation, given a real interest rate that is determined exclusively by real factors[.]"
- "Uribe (2018) examines the strength of Fisherian effects in both empirical and optimizing models."
- "Fisher […] first theorised that dramatic declines in inflation may lead to insolvency as a result of higher real values of debt. Originally applied to the Great Depression, a version of this so-called Fisherian effect has also been used to explain the Global Financial Crisis, debt conditions, and its subsequent impact on economic activities such as investments[.]"
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
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most Fisherian (superlative)