noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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1
noun
Meaning 1
Any of a family of continuous probability distributions such that the probability density function is the Gaussian function
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics
Examples
φ_(μ,σ2)(x)=1/(σ√),e2)/(2σ2))=1/σφ((x-μ)/σ), x∈R.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Gaussian distribution, Gaussian curve, bell curve
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
a theoretical distribution with finite mean and variance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Gaussian distribution
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: distribution, statistical distribution
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
41 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
تَوْزِيع طَبِيعِيّ
(tawzīʕ ṭabīʕiyy)
— probability distribution
Azerbaijani:
normal paylanma
— probability distribution
Chinese:
常態分佈 /常态分布
(siông-thài hun-pò͘)
— probability distribution
Chinese Mandarin:
正態分佈 /正态分布
(zhèngtài fēnbù)
— probability distribution
Chinese Mandarin:
常態分佈 /常态分布
(chángtài fēnbù)
— probability distribution
Czech:
normální rozdělení
— probability distribution
Danish:
normalfordeling
— probability distribution
Dutch:
normaalverdeling
— probability distribution
Dutch:
normale verdeling
— probability distribution
Dutch:
gaussverdeling
— probability distribution
Estonian:
normaaljaotus
— probability distribution
Finnish:
normaalijakauma
— probability distribution
French:
loi normale
— probability distribution
Georgian:
ნორმალური განაწილება
(normaluri ganac̣ileba)
— probability distribution
German:
Normalverteilung
— probability distribution
German:
Gauß-Verteilung
— probability distribution
Hungarian:
normális eloszlás
— probability distribution
Hungarian:
Gauss-eloszlás
— probability distribution
Icelandic:
Gauss-dreifing
— probability distribution
Icelandic:
normaldreifing
— probability distribution
Indonesian:
distribusi normal
— probability distribution
Italian:
distribuzione normale
— probability distribution
Kazakh:
қалыпты дисперсия
(qalypty dispersiä)
— probability distribution
Latin:
distributio normalis
— probability distribution
Lithuanian:
normalusis skirstinys
— probability distribution
Malay:
taburan normal
— probability distribution
Marathi:
सामान्य वितरण
(sāmānya vitraṇ)
— probability distribution
Norwegian:
normalfordeling
— probability distribution
Persian:
توزیع نرمال
— probability distribution
Polish:
rozkład normalny
— probability distribution
Portuguese:
distribuição normal
— probability distribution
Portuguese:
distribuição gaussiana
— probability distribution
Russian:
нормальное распределение
(normalʹnoje raspredelenije)
— probability distribution
Slovak:
normálne rozdelenie
— probability distribution
Spanish:
distribución normal
— probability distribution
Swedish:
normalfördelning
— probability distribution
Tagalog:
daniwing pamamahagi
— probability distribution
Thai:
การแจกแจงปรกติ
— probability distribution
Ukrainian:
норма́льний розпо́діл
(normálʹnyj rozpódil)
— probability distribution
Vietnamese:
phân phối chuẩn
— probability distribution
Welsh:
dosraniad normal
— probability distribution
