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leptokurtic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
lep-tokur-tic
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of a distribution: having kurtosis greater than that of a normal distribution; equivalently, having positive excess kurtosis.

Etymology

From lepto- + kurtosis + -ic.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more leptokurtic (comparative) most leptokurtic (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

kurtosis leptokurtosis mesokurtic

Synonyms

leptokurtotic fat-tailed

Antonyms

platykurtic

Questions

What does leptokurtic mean?
Of a distribution: having kurtosis greater than that of a normal distribution; equivalently, having positive excess kurtosis.
Where does leptokurtic come from?
From lepto- + kurtosis + -ic.

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