bell curve
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- noun
- /bɛl kɜrv/
- Specialized
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curva de campana
- Plotting companies in a bell curve shows the same pattern as with workers.
- bell curve distribution
- tail of the bell curve
- end of the bell curve
Because so often we, we forget that there's a big fat center to the bell curve.
- Because so often we, we forget that there's a big fat center to the bell curve.
- And how I can explain this best is known as a bell curve.
- When we predict an expected return and the standard deviation, we're essentially predicting a bell curve of future likely returns.
- It does what's called a bell curve and bell curves.
Examples
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Take a moment and examine how the socioeconomic bell curve has flattened and continues to do so.
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Remember... half the population is on the left side of the bell curve.
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Now, as it happens, rarely do we have exams that actually fall on a bell curve like this.
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50% of the people live on the low side of the IQ bell curve.
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When we predict an expected return and the standard deviation, we're essentially predicting a bell curve of future likely returns.
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In a typical classroom, the test scores often follow a bell curve, with most students scoring around the average grade.
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The bell curve illustrates how the majority of a population's traits are distributed around the average.
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When analyzing the data, the researchers noticed that the results fit a bell curve, indicating a normal distribution of responses.
Synonyms
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A bell-shaped curve where most values are near the average
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A bell-shaped curve used in statistics to show how values spread
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A curve shaped like a bell that shows most values near the average
A bell-shaped line that shows most numbers near the middle and fewer far from it
A bell-shaped curve the same on both sides that shows how values are near the average
A smooth bell-shaped curve that shows how values spread around the average
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning — a curve shaped like a bell (used to show a normal distribution) — is directly and transparently built from 'bell' (bell-shaped form) + 'curve' (a bent or plotted line), so a B1 learner who knows both words can picture a bell-shaped line. This descriptive, pictorial compound is cross-linguistically common and follows ordinary noun-noun composition, making it transparent even if the statistical concept 'normal distribution' might need extra instruction.
Etymology
Bell curve comes from the shape of a line on a graph that looks like a bell and so is a curve with a high middle and low sides. That picture shows why bell curve means most values are near the 'average' and fewer are far from the middle.