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leptokurtic

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Of a distribution: having kurtosis greater than that of a normal distribution; equivalently, having positive excess kurtosis.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics

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History

Etymology

From lepto- + kurtosis + -ic.

Across languages

Translations

7 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: huipukas — having positive excess kurtosis
  • Finnish: terävähuippuinen — having positive excess kurtosis
  • Finnish: leptokurtinen — having positive excess kurtosis
  • German: leptokurtisch — having positive excess kurtosis
  • Greek: λεπτόκυρτος (leptókyrtos) — having positive excess kurtosis
  • Portuguese: leptocúrtico — having positive excess kurtosis
  • Spanish: leptocúrtico — having positive excess kurtosis