"sigmoidal" meaning in English

See sigmoidal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more sigmoidal [comparative], most sigmoidal [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɔɪdəl Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek σῖγμᾰ (sîgmă) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-) Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Proto-Hellenic *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Ancient Greek σῑγμοειδής (sīgmoeidḗs)bor. English sigmoid English -al English sigmoidal From sigmoid + -al. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|sigmoid|-al|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Ancient Greek σῖγμᾰ (sîgmă) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-) Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Proto-Hellenic *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Ancient Greek σῑγμοειδής (sīgmoeidḗs)bor. English sigmoid English -al English sigmoidal [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "sigma", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "σῖγμᾰ", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "grc" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-ο-", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "grc" }, { "gloss" : "-oid, -like", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "form", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "seeing", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "see", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*weyd-", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "athematic", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-os", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*wéydos", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*wéidos", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "εἶδος", "lang" : "grc" }, { "id" : "adjectival suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-ēs", "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectival suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "is_duplicate" : true, "children" : [ ], "id" : "athematic", "status" : { "1" : "ine-pro", "id" : "athematic", "pos" : "suffix" }, "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-os", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-ēs", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-ης", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-ειδής", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "σῑγμοειδής", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "sigmoid", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-al", "status" : "ambiguous", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "sigmoidal", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="sigmoidal"> From sigmoid + -al. Head templates: {{en-adj}} sigmoidal (comparative more sigmoidal, superlative most sigmoidal)
  1. sigmoid; S-shaped.
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  2. (statistics) Characterized by a sigmoid curve or function
    Sense id: en-sigmoidal-en-adj-UzTfaSCM Categories (other): Statistics Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: asigmoidal, nonsigmoidal, retrosigmoidal, sigmoidally, subsigmoidal Related terms: sigmoidality

Noun

Forms: sigmoidals [plural]
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  1. A sigmoidal function or curve
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