platykurtosis

English

Etymology

From platy- +‎ kurtosis.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌplatɪkəːˈtəʊsɪs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌplædikəɹˈtoʊsəs/
• Hyphenation: pla‧ty‧kur‧to‧sis

Noun

platykurtosis (uncountable)

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

Antonyms

• leptokurtosis

Related terms

• kurtosis
• platykurtic

Translations

having negative excess kurtosis

• French: platykurticité (fr) f

See also

• mesokurtosis