Meanings
adjectivescedastic (not comparable)
alternative skedastic
- not comparablemathematicsrelated to the variance of (statistical) errors
Origin
- Ancient Greekσκεδαστικός
- Englishscedastic
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek σκεδαστικός (skedastikós), from σκεδάννυμι (skedánnumi, “to scatter, disperse”).
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French scédastique
- scédastiquerelated to the variance of errors
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scedastic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scedastic
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“scedastic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scedastic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scedastic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scedastic.
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