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platykurtic

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

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌplatɪˈkəːtɪk/
  • General-American: /ˌplædiˈkəɹdɪk/

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adj

Meaning 1

Of a distribution: having kurtosis less than that of a normal distribution; equivalently, having negative excess kurtosis.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English platy- English kurtosis Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English platykurtic From platy- + kurtosis + -ic.

Across languages

Translations

7 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: huiputon — having negative excess kurtosis
  • Finnish: litteähuippuinen — having negative excess kurtosis
  • Finnish: platykurtinen — having negative excess kurtosis
  • French: platykurtique — having negative excess kurtosis
  • German: platykurtic — having negative excess kurtosis
  • Portuguese: platicúrtico — having negative excess kurtosis
  • Spanish: platicúrtico — having negative excess kurtosis