gaussian curve

1. 1.

   a symmetrical curve representing the normal distribution

   Synonymsnormal curvebell-shaped curveGaussian shape

   Broadercurve

   statistics

Questions about gaussian curve

What does gaussian curve mean?

gaussian curve means "a symmetrical curve representing the normal distribution".

What is another word for gaussian curve?

Close synonyms include normal curve, bell-shaped curve, Gaussian shape. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is gaussian curve a common word?

gaussian curve is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.