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kurtosis

kur·to·sis [ kər tṓssiss ] (plural kur·to·ses [ kər tṓ sz ])


noun 
Definition:
 
statistical measure: in statistics, a measure of the extent to which a frequency distribution is concentrated about its mean

[Early 20th century. < Greek kurtōsis "curvature" < kurtos "bent"]
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