English word leptokurtic comes from English -ic, English kurtosis, English lepto- ((physics) lepton. Thin, fine, slender.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| -ic | English (eng) | (chemistry) Used to denote certain chemical compounds in which a specified chemical element has a higher oxidation number than in the equivalent compound whose name ends in the suffix -ous. For example sulphuric acid (H₂SO₄) has more oxygen atoms per molecule than sulphurous acid (H₂SO₃).. Used to form adjectives from nouns with the meaning “of or pertaining to”. |
| kurtosis | English (eng) | (statistics) A measure of "heaviness of the tails" of a probability distribution, defined as the fourth cumulant divided by the square of the variance of the probability distribution. |
| lepto- | English (eng) | (physics) lepton. Thin, fine, slender. |
| leptokurtic | English (eng) | (statistics) Said of a distribution if it has positive kurtosis. |