Etymology

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Today it means: related to the variance of (statistical) errors Full definition →

Ancient Greek σκεδαστικός
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  1. Ancient Greek · learned borrowing fromσκεδαστικός
  2. English todayscedastic

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek σκεδαστικός (skedastikós), from σκεδάννυμι (skedánnumi, “to scatter, disperse”).

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