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weibull

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.76 in modern English

Syllables
weibull
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various probability distributions used to model the amount of time for which something can be used until it ceases to be operable.

name

A surname.

Etymology

Named after Swedish mathematician Waloddi Weibull, who described it in detail in 1951, though it was already known.

Inflected Forms

Weibulls (plural)

Derived Forms

weibullite

Questions

What does weibull mean?
Any of various probability distributions used to model the amount of time for which something can be used until it ceases to be operable.
Where does weibull come from?
Named after Swedish mathematician Waloddi Weibull, who described it in detail in 1951, though it was already known.

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