lognormal

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English

Etymology

From log +‎ normal.

Adjective

lognormal (not comparable)

  1. (mathematics) Describing a logarithmic function that has a normal distribution.

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Noun

lognormal (plural lognormals)

  1. A logarithmic function that has a normal distribution.
    • 2016, N B Chakrabarti, “A Note on a Sum of Lognormals”, in arXiv:
      The problem of inversion of the mgf/chf of a sum of lognormals to obtain the CDF/pdf is considered with special reference to methods related to Post Widder technique, Gaussian quadrature and the Fourier series method.

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