leptokurtic

English

Etymology

From lepto- +‎ kurtosis +‎ -ic.

Adjective

leptokurtic (comparative more leptokurtic, superlative most leptokurtic)

1. (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

• kurtosis
• leptokurtosis

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