normal curve

normal curve

n.

See bell curve.

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normal curve

n

(Mathematics & Measurements / Statistics) Statistics a symmetrical bell-shaped curve representing the probability density function of a normal distribution. The area of a vertical section of the curve represents the probability that the random variable lies between the values which delimit the section

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normal curve - a symmetrical curve representing the normal distribution bell-shaped curve, Gaussian curve, Gaussian shape statistics - a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters curve, curved shape - the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes