POISSON

Etymology

Noun

Poisson (plural Poissons)

(mathematics) The Poisson distribution.

Proper noun

Poisson

Siméon Denis Poisson (1781-1840), French mathematician.

Anagrams

• poisons

Source: Wiktionary



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