bivariate normal distribution

noun

The joint probability distribution of two variables that are both individually normally distributed.

Meanings

nounbivariate normal distribution (plural bivariate normal distributions)

plural bivariate normal distributions

  1. mathematicsThe joint probability distribution of two variables that are both individually normally distributed.
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