English word leptokurtosis comes from English kurtosis, English lepto- ((physics) lepton. Thin, fine, slender.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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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. |
leptokurtosis | English (eng) | (statistics) The property of having positive kurtosis. |