bell curve

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Noun

bell curve (plural bell curves)

1. (probability theory) The bell-shaped curve that is typical of the normal distribution. [from 1919]

   Synonym: Gaussian curve

   Hypernym: curve

   Holonym: graph

   • 1919, Journal of Abnormal Psychology‎:

     All this is enhanced by well-chosen illustrations: the bell curve of Galton and similar frequency-curves, […]

Derived terms

• bell curve god

Descendants

Descendants

• → Turkish: çan eğrisi (calque)

Translations

bell shaped curve typical of the normal distribution

Bulgarian: гаусова крива f (gausova kriva) Czech: Gaussova křivka f Dutch: gausscurve (nl) Finnish: Gaussin käyrä, kellokäyrä (fi) French: courbe de Gauss f German: Glockenkurve (de) f (more loosely, any bell-shaped curve), Gaußkurve f (strictly the PDF of a normal distribution) Polish: krzywa dzwonowa f Portuguese: gaussiana f Romanian: curba lui Gauss f (definite) Spanish: curva de campana f, campana de Gauss f Turkish: çan eğrisi

See also

• central limit theorem
• Gaussian distribution
• Laplacean, Laplacian

Further reading

• “bell curve”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.