leptokurtic

English

Etymology

lepto- +‎ kurtosis +‎ -ic

Adjective

leptokurtic (comparative more leptokurtic, superlative most leptokurtic)

(statistics) Of a distribution: having kurtosis greater than that of a normal distribution; equivalently, having positive excess kurtosis.

Synonyms

(having positive kurtosis): leptokurtotic, fat-tailed

Antonyms

platykurtic

Related terms

Translations

having positive excess kurtosis

Finnish: huipukas (fi), terävähuippuinen, leptokurtinen (fi)
French: ^{(please verify)} leptokurtique (fr), ^{(please verify)} lepto-kurtique (fr) m or f
German: leptokurtisch
Greek: λεπτόκυρτος (el) (leptókyrtos)
Portuguese: leptocúrtico
Spanish: leptocúrtico

See also

mesokurtic

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