Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quasilikelihood

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: quasi-like-li-hood
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An apparent likelihood

Example Sentences

"Ninety-five percent confidence set of the candidate models of factors influencing probability of space use by black-footed ferrets relative to space use by badgers on colonies of black-tailed prairie dogs within the Lower Brule Indian Reservation and Buffalo Gap National Grasslands, South Dakota, during 2008–2010 QIC is the quasilikelihood under the independence model criterion. ΔQIC is the difference from the model with the lowest QIC value."

Etymology

From quasi- + likelihood.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: quasi

Questions

What does quasilikelihood mean?: An apparent likelihood
Where does quasilikelihood come from?: From quasi- + likelihood.

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