Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The denominator of the simple algebraical fraction which expresses the value of a simple continued fraction. Same as
continuant .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mathematics Any of a
set ofparameters of aone-dimensional probability distribution of a certain form
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Examples
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The variance of a real-valued random variable is its second central moment, and it also happens to be its second cumulant.
PocketFives mrbrad12 2010
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dum cumulant aras, ad tua sacra ueni. sed nitidus pulcerque ueni: nunc indue uestem
In Honour of Messalinus, elected Guardian of the Sibylline Oracles Tibullus 1912
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Gaudia praemissi cumulant inopina dolores. ']' Favour then, Conscript Fathers, the ambition of our _candidatus_, and open for the man of our choice the Hall of Liberty [519].
The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator Senator Cassiodorus 1872
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