fat tail
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English[edit]
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Noun[edit]
- A mass of fat stored in the rump of a beast as an adaptation to heat and harsh environmental conditions or selection by man.
- The relatively high probability of a relatively extreme outcome.
- (statistics, probability) A tail of a probability distribution with significantly higher kurtosis than a normal distribution (which has kurtosis = 0).
- (statistics, probability) A tail of a probability distribution with infinite variance.
Synonyms[edit]
- (high probability of extreme outcome): heavy tail
- (tail of distribution with positive kurtosis): leptokurtosis
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Translations[edit]
fat-tail of beast
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