Etymology

homoscedastic

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Today it means: Having the same finite variance for all elements. Full definition →

Ancient Greek σκεδαστός
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσκεδαστός“able to be scattered”
  2. English todayhomoscedastic

From homo- + Ancient Greek σκεδαστός (skedastós, “able to be scattered”).

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