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Poissonian
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English
Etymology
From en Poisson ian.
Pronunciation
en /pwɑːˈsəʊ.ni.ən/ RP
en /pwɑˈsoʊ.ni.ən/ GA
en əʊniən 4
Adjective
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en mathematics Of or pertaining to the Poisson distribution.
en Quantum Optics: An Introduction 105 Mark Fox 2006 We saw that the observation of Poissonian and super-Poissonian statistics could be explained by classical wave theory, but not sub-Poissonian statistics.
Noun
A Poisson distribution.
en Empirical Science of Financial Fluctuations: The Advent of Econophysics Hideki Takayasu 2013 Analysis of the actual data is plotted as a solid line, the corresponding distribution made by superimposing Poissonians is shown as a dotted line, and the exponential decay with same mean interval as the solid line is shown as a dashed line.
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