English Explanatory Dictionary

Buffon's needle problem

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. An experiment that determines the probability that a needle, when dropped, will lie across a line between two parallel strips of wood, each of the same width; often used to estimate π.

Word forms

Buffon's needle problem
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