"overdisperse" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: overdisperses [present, singular, third-person], overdispersing [participle, present], overdispersed [participle, past], overdispersed [past]
Etymology: over- + disperse Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|disperse}} over- + disperse Head templates: {{en-verb}} overdisperse (third-person singular simple present overdisperses, present participle overdispersing, simple past and past participle overdispersed)
  1. (transitive) To disperse too much or too far. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-overdisperse-en-verb-TuSfEw6k
  2. (statistics) To produce overdispersion. Categories (topical): Statistics
    Sense id: en-overdisperse-en-verb-H6PXiBm1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 79 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 44 56 Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics

Inflected forms

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