normal curve

collocation in English

meaningsofnormalandcurve

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normal
adjective
uk
/ˈnɔː.məl/us
/ˈnɔːr.məl/
ordinary or usual; the same as would ...
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curve
noun[C]
uk
/kɜːv/us
/kɝːv/
a line that bends continuously and has no ...
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(Definition ofnormalandcurvefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The smooth curve is the best least-squaresnormalcurvefor comparison.
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Thenormalcurveis widely used as a model of chance fluctuations or errors of measurement.
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We then choose thenormalcurvehaving its starting point in the centre of the indentation.
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Therefore, the critical value for each significance level can be readily obtained from the statistical table for thenormalcurve.
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The dashed line is thenormalcurvepassing through the point of destabilization.
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The distribution of the scores closely approximates thenormalcurve, although it is slightly negatively skewed.
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Two types ofnormalcurvevelocities are involved in this model: motion by mean curvature and motion by surface diffusion.
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As indicated by measures of skewness and kurtosis the frequency distribution of the variables under study conformed closely to thenormalcurve.
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The bar graph is the observed distribution and the smooth curve is the best (leastsquares)normalcurve.
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Percentiles represent the area under thenormalcurve, increasing from left to right.
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Surgical treatment may be necessary at a very early stage and can help maintain anormalcurvein coordination with consistent follow-ups to monitor changes.
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Its closure in projective space is the rationalnormalcurve.
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This mixed signal can revert to anormalcurveor could later result into an inverted curve.
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Every irreducible non-degenerate curve of degree is a rationalnormalcurve.
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This should result in anormalcurvedistribution of genotypes.
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An example would be the rationalnormalcurve.
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