normal curve

American  

[nawr-muhl kurv] / ˈnɔr məl ˈkɜrv /

noun

Statistics.

1. a bell curve showing a particular distribution of probability over the values of a random variable.

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normal curve British  

noun

1. statistics a symmetrical bell-shaped curve representing the probability density function of a normal distribution. The area of a vertical section of the curve represents the probability that the random variable lies between the values which delimit the section

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Etymology

Origin of normal curve

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

While in a normal curve, Super Cruise will stay closer to the inside lane line, which is how most humans drive.

From The Verge • Jul. 23, 2021

Some of those with psychiatric risk—Carrie Fisher, David Foster Wallace, Kurt Cobain—turn out to illuminate reality in ways those inside the normal curve cannot.

From Time • Jan. 9, 2017

Dr. Ranjan Sudan, vice chair of education for the Duke University Department of Surgery, says the acceptance barrier is only a temporary one, apt to follow the normal curve of innovation.

From Newsweek • Apr. 11, 2015

It would be a more symmetrical normal curve.

From Textbooks • Sep. 19, 2013

We may now study the influence of any change in external conditions by observing the modifications it produces in the normal curve.

From Response in the Living and Non-Living by Bose, Jagadis Chandra, Sir