"heavy tail" meaning in All languages combined

See heavy tail on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: heavy tails [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} heavy tail (plural heavy tails)
  1. (statistics) Fat tail. Categories (topical): Statistics Derived forms: heavy-tailed
    Sense id: en-heavy_tail-en-noun-4gx8VLc8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics

Inflected forms

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