English Explanatory Dictionary

Gompertz curve

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of a family of curves, describing demographic growth, that increase exponentially at first before reaching a plateau.

Word forms

Gompertz curve Gompertz curves

Etymology

For Benjamin Gompertz, English mathematician

Related words

Gompertzian
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