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单词 Quetelet
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Definition of Quetelet in English:

Quetelet

(also Quételet)
noun ˈkɛtəleɪ
Biology Medicine
  • 1Attributive and in the genitive. Designating the normal (Gaussian) curve, especially as applied to sociological or biological variation. Now historical.

  • 2Attributive and in the genitive. Designating any of several indices relating body height and weight proposed by Quételet.

Origin

Early 20th century. From the name of Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quételet, Belgian statistician, sociologist, mathematician, and astronomer. In sense 1 described by Quételet in Lettres sur la théorie des probabilités appliquées aux sciénces morales et politiques 386.

Definition of Quetelet in US English:

Quetelet

(also Quételet)
nounˈkɛtəleɪ
Biology Medicine
  • 1Attributive and in the genitive. Designating the normal (Gaussian) curve, especially as applied to sociological or biological variation. Now historical.

  • 2Attributive and in the genitive. Designating any of several indices relating body height and weight proposed by Quételet.

Origin

Early 20th century. From the name of Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quételet, Belgian statistician, sociologist, mathematician, and astronomer. In sense 1 described by Quételet in Lettres sur la théorie des probabilités appliquées aux sciénces morales et politiques 386.

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