distribution curve
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Hundreds of genes play a role in where you land on the height distribution curve.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2025
When a preferred phenotype at one end of the distribution curve of phenotypes is favored, this type of selection is directional selection.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2018
But they're not: we should use both re-distributionist and pre-distributionist policies to edge towards a flatter wealth distribution curve, as appropriate and whenever available.
From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2016
A study of Swedish workers in the 1990s found that a full year of unemployment translated into a five-percentile move downward in a distribution curve of skills.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 18, 2014
In other words, a normal distribution curve would put 50% of 11-year-olds at Level 4, with 25% above that level and 25% below.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2010
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