Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

platykurtic

/ˌplædiˈkəɹdɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pla-ty-kurt-ic
IPA: /ˌplædiˈkəɹdɪk/

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of a distribution: having kurtosis less than that of a normal distribution; equivalently, having negative excess kurtosis.

Etymology

Etymology tree English platy- English kurtosis Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English platykurtic From platy- + kurtosis + -ic.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌplædiˈkəɹdɪk/
British English: /ˌplatɪˈkəːtɪk/

Inflected Forms

more platykurtic (comparative) most platykurtic (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

kurtosis platykurtosis mesokurtic

Synonyms

platykurtotic

Antonyms

leptokurtic

Questions

How do you pronounce platykurtic?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌplædiˈkəɹdɪk/.
What does platykurtic mean?: Of a distribution: having kurtosis less than that of a normal distribution; equivalently, having negative excess kurtosis.
Where does platykurtic come from?: Etymology tree English platy- English kurtosis Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English platykurtic From platy- + kurtosis + -ic.

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