GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gaussian distribution mean? 

• GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION (noun)
  The noun GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION has 1 sense:

1. a theoretical distribution with finite mean and variance

  Familiarity information: GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A theoretical distribution with finite mean and variance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

Gaussian distribution; normal distribution

Hypernyms ("Gaussian distribution" is a kind of...):

distribution; statistical distribution ((statistics) an arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrence)

Domain category:

statistics (a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters)