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  • noun Plural form of powerlaw.

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Examples

  • We assume that events in the world around us fall into the shape of a bell-curve (like human height does) and attend rather less to distributions that follow powerlaws (like citations per author, book sales per author, blog hits, wealth of individual capitalists).

    I cite 2009

  • P.S. For folksonomy junkies, an article about what happens when you display "tag clouds" as powerlaws.

    The Long Tail 2008

  • P.S. For folksonomy junkies, an article about what happens when you display "tag clouds" as powerlaws.

    The Long Tail 2008

  • P.S. For folksonomy junkies, an article about what happens when you display "tag clouds" as powerlaws.

    The Long Tail 2008

  • P.S. For folksonomy junkies, an article about what happens when you display "tag clouds" as powerlaws.

    The Long Tail 2008

  • P.S. For folksonomy junkies, an article about what happens when you display "tag clouds" as powerlaws.

    The Long Tail 2008

  • P.S. For folksonomy junkies, an article about what happens when you display "tag clouds" as powerlaws.

    The Long Tail 2008

  • P.S. For folksonomy junkies, an article about what happens when you display "tag clouds" as powerlaws.

    The Long Tail 2008

  • P.S. For folksonomy junkies, an article about what happens when you display "tag clouds" as powerlaws.

    The Long Tail 2008

  • P.S. For folksonomy junkies, an article about what happens when you display "tag clouds" as powerlaws.

    doggdot.us 2008

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