distribution curve
noun[C]
GRAPHS & CHARTS(alsobell curve)alineon agraphrepresentingnormaldistribution, which getshigherin themiddleand islowerat each end
Examplesofdistribution curve
distribution curve
Under reasonable conditions, the capitaldistributioncurvefor a first-order model will be close to that of the original market.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Gradation of a soil is determined by reading the grain sizedistributioncurveproduced from the results of laboratory tests on the soil.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Moreover, psychoticism, unlike any of the other factors in either approach, does not fit a normaldistributioncurve.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The results of a sieve analysis are plotted as a grain sizedistributioncurve, which is then analyzed to determine the soil gradation of the particular soil.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Then, the cumulative distributions are plotted and joined with straight lines to for m a cumulativedistributioncurve.
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We felt that the process of linear interpolation undoubtedly introduces errors and thus does not necessarily help to obtain a more realisticdistributioncurveof normalized development times.
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In this country the majority of the population are at the middle of the abilitydistributioncurve.
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In the classic sense, to get a normaldistributioncurveone should sample every manufactured article.
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On a normaldistributioncurve, the pattern of spending before capping is translated into a single vertical line.
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The general index shows a clear bias in favour of those at the top end of thedistributioncurve.
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