bell curve en · NOUN
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The bell-shaped curve that is typical of the normal distribution.
Holonym: graph
All this is enhanced by well-chosen illustrations: the bell curve of Galton and similar frequency-curves,[…]
1919, Journal of Abnormal Psychology:Enough data to convince yourself you have tested the name, but the risk that you could be dealing with someone on the edges of the NAXALT bell curve above.
2021 February 14, Brad Giles, “Profitability benchmarks, Arguing with fools, NAXALT, Coaching today, Namelix & Purpose of technology”, in Evolution Partners Newsletter, archived from the original on 17 Dec 2025, archived from the original on 17 Dec 2025:
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| bell curves | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Laplacean · Gaussian distribution · Laplacian · central limit theorem
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de Gaußkurve (bell shaped curve typical of the normal distribution) · fr courbe de Gauss (bell shaped curve typical of the normal distribution) · nl gausscurve (bell shaped curve typical of the normal distribution) · fi kellokäyrä (bell shaped curve typical of the normal distribution) · tr çan eğrisi (bell shaped curve typical of the normal distribution) · pl krzywa dzwonowa (bell shaped curve typical of the normal distribution) · pt gaussiana (bell shaped curve typical of the normal distribution) · cs Gaussova křivka (bell shaped curve typical of the normal distribution) · de Glockenkurve (bell shaped curve typical of the normal distribution) · ro curba lui Gauss (bell shaped curve typical of the normal distribution) · fi Gaussin käyrä (bell shaped curve typical of the normal distribution) · es curva de campana (bell shaped curve typical of the normal distribution) · es campana de Gauss (bell shaped curve typical of the normal distribution) · bg гаусова крива (bell shaped curve typical of the normal distribution)