"Gaussian" meaning in English

See Gaussian in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈɡaʊs.i.ən/ Audio: En-us-gaussian.ogg [US] Forms: more Gaussian [comparative], most Gaussian [superlative]
Etymology: Gauss + -ian Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Gauss|ian}} Gauss + -ian Head templates: {{en-adj}} Gaussian (comparative more Gaussian, superlative most Gaussian)
  1. (mathematics) Of or pertaining to Carl Friedrich Gauss. Categories (topical): Mathematics, Functions Translations (Gaussian): gaussià (Catalan), gaussovský (Czech), gaussisk (Danish), gaŭsa (Esperanto), gaussien (French), Gaußsch (German), gaussiano (Italian), gaussisk (Norwegian Bokmål), gaussisk (Norwegian Nynorsk), gaussiano (Portuguese), gaussiano (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-Gaussian-en-adj-iOLm4RHj Disambiguation of Functions: 23 17 33 28 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 6 38 37 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 21 6 36 36 Topics: mathematics, sciences Derived forms: Gaussian beam, Gaussian curvature, Gaussian curve, Gaussian distribution, Gaussian elimination, Gaussian function, Gaussian integer, Gaussianization, Gaussian moat, Gaussian prime, Gaussian surface, Gaussianity, Gaussianize Disambiguation of 'Gaussian': 83 17
  2. (statistics) Normal. Categories (topical): Statistics, Functions
    Sense id: en-Gaussian-en-adj-PTQgWs-x Disambiguation of Functions: 23 17 33 28 Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics

Noun

IPA: /ˈɡaʊs.i.ən/ Audio: En-us-gaussian.ogg [US] Forms: Gaussians [plural]
Etymology: Gauss + -ian Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Gauss|ian}} Gauss + -ian Head templates: {{en-noun}} Gaussian (plural Gaussians)
  1. (mathematics) the Gaussian function. Categories (topical): Mathematics, Functions Synonyms: Gaußian
    Sense id: en-Gaussian-en-noun-SGSmlR-J Disambiguation of Functions: 23 17 33 28 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ian Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 6 38 37 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 24 6 45 25 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 21 6 36 36 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ian: 22 6 42 30 Topics: mathematics, sciences
  2. (statistics) the normal distribution. Categories (topical): Statistics, Functions
    Sense id: en-Gaussian-en-noun-eJHLVLMJ Disambiguation of Functions: 23 17 33 28 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 6 38 37 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 21 6 36 36 Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.