platykurtic

English

Etymology

From platy- +‎ kurtosis +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌplatɪˈkəːtɪk/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌplædiˈkəɹdɪk/
• Hyphenation: pla‧ty‧kurt‧ic

Adjective

platykurtic (comparative more platykurtic, superlative most platykurtic)

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

Synonyms

• platykurtotic

Antonyms

• leptokurtic

Related terms

• kurtosis
• platykurtosis

Translations

having negative excess kurtosis

• Finnish: huiputon, litteähuippuinen, platykurtinen (fi)
• French: platykurtique (fr)
• German: platykurtic
• Portuguese: platicúrtico
• Spanish: platicúrtico

See also

• mesokurtic