LEPTOKURTIC

Etymology

Adjective

leptokurtic (comparative more leptokurtic, superlative most leptokurtic)

(statistics) Of a distribution: having kurtosis greater than that of a normal distribution; equivalently, having positive excess kurtosis.

Synonyms

• (having positive kurtosis): leptokurtotic, fat-tailed

Antonyms

• platykurtic

Source: Wiktionary



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