power law en · NOUN
Meanings
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A mathematical relationship in which the magnitude of something is proportional to a fixed power of the magnitude of something else (i.e. the relationship takes the form f(x)=axᵏ).
the death toll from a large number of small civil wars is lower than that from a few big interstate wars, to say nothing of world wars, consistent with the power-law distribution of deadly quarrels.
2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin, published 2012, page 314:
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Translations (6)
ru степенная зави́симость (mathematical relationship) · fi potenssilaki (mathematical relationship) · de Potenzgesetz (mathematical relationship) · ru степенной зако́н (mathematical relationship) · ru степенная фу́нкция (mathematical relationship) · cs mocninný zákon (mathematical relationship)