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noun Statistics.
a limiting form of the binomial probability distribution for small values of the probability of success and for large numbers of trials: particularly useful in industrial quality-control work and in radiation and bacteriological problems.
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1920–25; named after S. D. Poisson (1781–1840), French mathematician and physicist
1920–25; named after S. D. Poisson (1781–1840), French mathematician and physicist
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Poisson distribution  (pwä-sôɴ') Pronunciation Key
A probability distribution which arises when counting the number of occurrences of a rare event in a long series of trials. It is named after its discoverer, french mathematician and physicist Siméon Denis Poisson (1781-1840). |
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Poisson distribution definition
mathematicsA probability distribution used to describe the occurrence of unlikely events in a large number of independent trials.
Poisson distributions are often used in building simulated user loads.
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