"Yule-Simon distribution" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: Named after Udny Yule and Herbert A. Simon. Simon originally called it the Yule distribution. Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} Yule-Simon distribution
  1. (statistics) A certain discrete probability distribution. Wikipedia link: Yule-Simon distribution
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