platykurtosis

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platykurtosis

  • /ˌplatɪkəːˈtəʊsɪs/ UK
  • /ˌplædikəɹˈtoʊsəs/ US

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From platy- + kurtosis.

noun

  1. uncountable The property of having kurtosis less than that of a normal distribution; equivalently, having negative excess kurtosis.

Opposite: leptokurtosis

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noun

Opposite: leptokurtosis

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noun having negative excess kurtosis

Françaisplatykurticité

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@misc{platykurtosis_2026,
  title = {platykurtosis},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/platykurtosis},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}