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exponential distribution
noun
- statistics a continuous single-parameter distribution used esp when making statements about the length of life of certain materials or waiting times between randomly occurring events. Its density function is p ( x ) = λe –λxfor positive λ and nonnegative x , and it is a special case of the gamma distribution
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