leptokurtosis

English

Etymology

From lepto- +‎ kurtosis.

Noun

leptokurtosis (uncountable)

1. (statistics) The property of having kurtosis greater than that of a normal distribution; equivalently, having positive excess kurtosis.

Synonyms

• (positive kurtosis): fat tail, heavy tail

Antonyms

• platykurtosis

Related terms

• kurtosis
• leptokurtic

Translations

Translations

• French: leptokurticité (fr), lepto-kurticité (fr) f

See also

• mesokurtosis