"Jaccard index" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Jaccard indexes [plural], Jaccard indices [plural]
Etymology: Developed by Swiss botanist Paul Jaccard (1868–1944), who gave it the French name coefficient de communauté. Etymology templates: {{m|fr|coefficient de communauté}} coefficient de communauté Head templates: {{en-noun|es|Jaccard indices}} Jaccard index (plural Jaccard indexes or Jaccard indices)
  1. (statistics) A statistic for gauging the similarity and diversity of sample sets, based on the size of the intersection between the sets divided by the size of the union of the sets. Wikipedia link: Paul Jaccard Categories (topical): Statistics Synonyms: Jaccard coefficient Related terms: Jaccard distance
    Sense id: en-Jaccard_index-en-noun-FIQdpckP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics

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