Zipfian

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Etymology[edit]

Zipf +‎ -ian

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈzɪpfiːən/, /ˈzɪf-/

Adjective[edit]

Zipfian (comparative more Zipfian, superlative most Zipfian)

  1. Of or relating to George Kingsley Zipf (1902–1950), American linguist who studied statistical occurrences in different languages and proposed the Zipfian distribution, codified as Zipf's Law, one of a family of discrete power law probability distributions.
  2. Of or pertaining to Zipf's law or its Zipfian distribution.

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