poisson distribution

Pois·son distribu·tion

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- [pwah-sohn; French pwa-sawn]
- /pwɑˈsoʊn; French pwaˈsɔ̃/
- /ˌpɔɪz.sən ˌdɪ.strɪ.ˈbjuːʃ.n̩/

Definitions of poisson distribution words

noun poisson distribution a limiting form of the binomial probability distribution for small values of the probability of success and for large numbers of trials: particularly useful in industrial quality-control work and in radiation and bacteriological problems. 1
noun Definition of poisson distribution in Technology (mathematics) A probability distribution used to describe the occurrence of unlikely events in a large number of independent trials. Poisson distributions are often used in building simulated user loads. 1
noun poisson distribution a distribution that represents the number of events occurring randomly in a fixed time at an average rate λ; symbol P0(λ). For large n and small p with np = λ it approximates to the binomial distribution Bi(n,p) 0
noun poisson distribution a frequency distribution that may be regarded as an approximation of the binomial distribution when the number of events becomes large and the probability of success becomes small 0

before 1920

One of the 12% newest English words

1920-25; named after S. D. Poisson (1781-1840), French mathematician and physicist

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