Meanings
nounshorth (plural shorths)
plural shorths
- mathematicsThe shortest interval containing a specified fraction (typically a half) of a distribution
To estimate the mode of a (distance) distribution, we used the midpoint of the shorth (the shortest interval that covers half the values).
2009 January 25, Wu Wei Zhenyu Xu et al., “Bidirectional promoters generate pervasive transcription in yeast”, in Nature, volume 457, number 7232, →DOI, pages 1033–1037
Origin
Abbreviation of "shortest half"
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