Meanings
nounfat tail (plural fat tails)
plural fat tails · alternative fat-tail · alternative fattail
- A mass of fat stored in the rump of a beast as an adaptation to heat and harsh environmental conditions or selection by man.
- The relatively high probability of a relatively extreme outcome.
Synonyms: heavy tail
- mathematicsA tail of a probability distribution with significantly higher kurtosis than a normal distribution (which has kurtosis = 0).
Synonyms: leptokurtosis
- mathematicsA tail of a probability distribution with infinite variance.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe relatively high probability of a relatively extreme outcome.
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nounA tail of a probability distribution with significantly higher kurtosis than a normal distribution (which has kurtosis = 0).
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Translations
Arabic أَلْيَة
- أَلْيَة (ʔalya)fat-tail of beast
Finnish rasvahäntä
- rasvahäntäfat-tail of beast
German Fettschwanz
- Fettschwanzfat-tail of beast
Hebrew אַלְיָה
- אַלְיָה (ʾalyā)fat-tail of beast
Russian курдю́к
- курдю́к (kurdjúk)fat-tail of beast
Swedish fettsvans
- fettsvansfat-tail of beast
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APA
fat tail. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fat%20tail
MLA
“fat tail.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fat%20tail. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fat tail,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fat%20tail.
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