fat tail
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fat tail
noun fat tails · fat-tail · fattail
- 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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The relatively high probability of a relatively extreme outcome.
Similar: heavy tail
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A tail of a probability distribution with significantly higher kurtosis than a normal distribution (which has kurtosis = 0).
Similar: leptokurtosis
- A tail of a probability distribution with infinite variance.
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noun fat-tail of beast
| Deutsch | Fettschwanz |
|---|---|
| Русский | курдю́к kurdjúk |
| العربية | أَلْيَة ʔalya |
| עברית | אַלְיָה ʾalyā |
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title = {fat tail},
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