Phrase guide

Pareto distribution

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

No pronunciation record was provided for this word.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A probability distribution such that for a random variable X with that distribution holds that the probability that X is greater than some number x is given by

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A probability distribution such that for a random variable X with that distribution holds that the probability that X is greater than some number x is given by Pr (X>x)=(x/(x_m))−k for all x ≥ xm, where xm is the (necessarily positive) minimum possible value of X, and k is a positive parameter.

Pr (X>x)=(x/(x_m))−k

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A probability distribution such that for a random variable X with that distribution holds that the probability that X is greater than some number x is given by Pr (X>x)=(x/(x_m))−k for all x ≥ xm, where xm is the (necessarily positive) minimum possible value of X, and k is a positive parameter.

for all x ≥ xm, where xm is the (necessarily positive) minimum possible value of X, and k is a positive parameter.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Named after Vilfredo Pareto.

Across languages

Translations

1 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Czech: Paretovo rozdělení — probability distribution