leptokurtosis etymology

English word leptokurtosis comes from English kurtosis, English lepto- ((physics) lepton. Thin, fine, slender.)

Detailed word origin of leptokurtosis

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
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.

Words with the same origin as leptokurtosis

Descendants of kurtosis
leptokurtic mesokurtic
Descendants of lepto-
leptocephalic leptochlorite leptocurare leptocystidium leptocyte leptogenesis leptogenic leptogluon leptokurtotic leptomorphic leptophilic leptophobic leptoproduction leptoquark leptosome leptosporangium