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kurtosis

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3 syllables
8 characters
English (US)
3syllables

kurtosis

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kurtosis is a polysyllabic word with 3 syllables. Using the Knuth-Liang algorithm, we calculated the hyphenation for the word you’ve entered. However, this hyphenation has not been verified against authoritative sources and may be approximate. This is because the algorithm relies on pre-defined patterns that may not cover all exceptions, contextual variations, or irregular spellings. We are working to verify hyphenations against trusted sources to ensure greater accuracy. For now, kurtosis is hyphenated as:

Definitions ofkurtosis

1noun
  • A measure of "heaviness of the tails" of a probability distribution, defined as the fourth cumulant divided by the square of the variance of the probability distribution.
  • Excess kurtosis: the difference between a given distribution's kurtosis and the kurtosis of a normal distribution.
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