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noun
A mass of fat stored in the rump of a beast as an adaptation to heat and harsh environmental conditions or selection by man.
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noun
The relatively high probability of a relatively extreme outcome.
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noun
A tail of a probability distribution with significantly higher kurtosis than a normal distribution (which has kurtosis = 0).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, probability, sciences, statistics
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noun
A tail of a probability distribution with infinite variance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, probability, sciences, statistics
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History
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Across languages
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