archetypoid

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

archetype +‎ -oid

Noun[edit]

archetypoid (plural archetypoids)

  1. A data point that forms the center of a cluster of similar items.
    • 2016, Irene Epifanio, “Functional archetype and archetypoid analysis”, in arXiv[1]:
      Multivariate functional archetype and archetypoid analysis are also introduced and applied in an interesting problem about the study of human development around the world over the last 50 years.