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fat tail

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A mass of fat stored in the rump of a beast as an adaption to heat and harsh environmental conditions or selection by man.

The relatively high probability of a relatively extreme outcome.

(statistics, probability) A tail of a probability distribution with significantly higher kurtosis than a normal distribution (which has kurtosis = 0).

(statistics, probability) A tail of a probability distribution with infinite variance.

fat-tail (plural fat-tails)

Synonym of fat-tailed sheep

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