Meanings
nouncentral moment (plural central moments)
plural central moments
- mathematicsA moment of a probability distribution of a random variable about the random variable's mean.
Translations
Arabic العَزْم المَرْكَزِيّ
- العَزْم المَرْكَزِيّ (al-ʕazm al-markaziyy)statistics: moment of a probability distribution
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