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gaussian

/ˈɡaʊsiən/

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What does gaussian mean?

adjective

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Gaussian.
  2. Of or pertaining to Carl Friedrich Gauss.
  3. Normal.
More meanings (4)

noun

  1. Clipping of Gaussian function.
  2. The normal distribution.
  3. A holographic element, a fuzzy volume of a specified shape with view-direction dependent coloration.

adjective

  1. Alternative form of Gaussian.
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/ˈɡaʊsiən/

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In the simpler cases a falling off occurs equally on both sides of the curve; the curve constructed from such data agrees very closely with the Gaussian curve of error.
A. C. (Albert Charles) SewardDarwin and Modern ScienceProject Gutenberg ebook #1909