Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
sigmoid .
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- adjective statistics Characterized by a
sigmoid curve or function
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to the sigmoid flexure in the large intestine
Etymologies
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Examples
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"This is called a sigmoidal response, which does not follow in a linear fashion the dose of ATc," Balázsi said.
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"This is called a sigmoidal response, which does not follow in a linear fashion the dose of ATc," Balázsi said.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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They still insisted that I have a sigmoidal arcoscopy no idea how to spell it but it appeared to be a giant fibre optic camera on a flexi tube that they rammed into my lower cut.
Snell-Pym » From the Drs to the Hospital to… erm what now? 2009
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If Latif wanted to be honest and not alarmist, he would have shown a sigmoidal curve.
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If Latif wanted to be honest and not alarmist, he would have shown a sigmoidal curve.
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Moreover, this combination of relative win chance and multiplicative update rule is equivalent to the combination of a sigmoidal win chance and additive update rule as employed in the Elo-rating method.
James Warren: This Week in Magazines: Bernie, Blago and Betrayal 2009
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The obvious choice for a more accurate model of tree response is a sigmoidal curve.
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Solid lines, sigmoidal fits to the data; vertical arrows, switch values; horizontal arrow, change in switch value.
Naturejobs - All Jobs Ali Asadollahi 2010
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Line, sigmoidal fit to the data (Online Methods); dashed lines, transition range; arrow, switch value.
Naturejobs - All Jobs Ali Asadollahi 2010
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WUS-signal, above which cells switch to the stem cell status, and instead established a dynamic but sigmoidal response to
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Tim Hohm et al. 2010
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