normal distribution

/ˌnɔːrməl dɪstrɪˈbjuːʃən/

a symmetric bell-shaped probability distribution

normal distribution in a sentence

“Heights in a population follow approximately a normal distribution.”

From normal (Latin normalis made according to a rule) + distribution

Related Words

binomial

relating to experiments with two possible outcomes

Poisson distribution

a distribution modeling rare events over fixed intervals

exponential

a distribution modeling time between events in a Poisson process

uniform

a distribution where all outcomes are equally likely

skewness

a measure of asymmetry in a probability distribution

kurtosis

a measure of the 'tailedness' of a probability distribution