t distribution

or t-dis·tri·bu·tion .

[ teedis-truh-byoo-shuhn ]

nounStatistics.
  1. a bell-shaped probability distribution that is flatter or more stretched out than the normal distribution.: See also bell curve, normal distribution.

Origin of t distribution

1
First recorded in 1955–60; see origin at Student's t distribution

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British Dictionary definitions for t distribution

t distribution

noun

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