gam

Examples

• All

• In our current time-series study of air pollution effects, we used the GAM method with moving regression smoothing (loess) and default parameters to conduct nonlinear regression analysis.

  Academic text (2008)

• The regression coefficients were estimated using GAMs, and the variances were estimated robustly.

  Academic text (2008)

• Regression equations were calculated in GAM CONTROL of S-PLUS software.

  Academic text (2008)

• The biologists spotted a huge gam of whales swimming close to the shore.

• During their expedition, the researchers observed a gam of humpback whales breaching together.

• While sailing, we were thrilled to see a gam of orcas playing in the water.

Synonyms

H

herd

vsgam

142 1.0

A large group of the same kind of animals that stay or move together

is specific to whales rather than any animal group

P

pod

vsgam

31 3.2

A group of whales or dolphins that swim together

specifies only whales rather than all aquatic mammals

B

bevy

vsgam

13 7.5

A large group of animals, birds or people gathered together

is used only for whale gatherings not general collections

G

gams

vsgam

• Archaic

9.9

A group of whales seen together

is the standard singular term for that same whale group

C

cete

vsgam

• Archaic

9.9

An old word for a group of whales mentioned in stories

is the modern common term instead of that archaic word

How Big

aggregation

11 6.1

gam

• Archaic

1 9.9

pod

31 3.2

individual

∞ 2.3

Surface Forms

Etymology