Etymology

leptokurtosis

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Today it means: The property of having kurtosis greater than that of a normal distribution; equivalently, having positive excess kurtosis. Full definition →

English kurtosis ← Ancient Greek λεπτός (leptós)
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  1. Ancient Greekλεπτός (leptós)
  2. Englishlepto-
  3. Englishkurtosis
  4. English todayleptokurtosis

From lepto- + kurtosis.

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