gaussian
/ˈɡaʊ.si.ən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.94 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to Carl Friedrich Gauss.
adj
noun
noun
The normal distribution.
noun
A holographic element, a fuzzy volume of a specified shape with view-direction dependent coloration.
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Gaussian.
Example Sentences
- "The problem of inversion of the mgf/chf of a sum of lognormals to obtain the CDF/pdf is considered with special reference to methods related to Post Widder technique, Gaussian quadrature and the Fourier series method."
- "The criterion for positivity was determined for each antigen of each species applying a mixture model to the PP data which assumed two inherent Gaussian distributions: a narrow distribution or seronegatives, and a broader distribution of seropositives."
- "These conditions provide a framework which encompasses some notable approximation kernels including splines, so-called cardinal functions, and many radial basis functions such as the Gaussians and general multiquadrics."
Etymology
Etymology tree English Gauss Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Gaussian From Gauss + -ian.