"scagnostic" meaning in English

See scagnostic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: scagnostics [plural]
Etymology: Coined by John W. Tukey as a blend of scatterplot + cognostic (another Tukey coinage). Head templates: {{en-noun}} scagnostic (plural scagnostics)
  1. (mathematics) A heuristic used to automatically analyse variables in a large dataset in order to determine which scatterplots are to be visualised in a scatterplot matrix. Wikipedia link: John W. Tukey Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-scagnostic-en-noun-SWVWgXau Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: mathematics, sciences

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