English Explanatory Dictionary

point mass

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A theoretical point with mass assigned to it.
  2. A probability distribution with unity probability mass at one specific outcome, and zero probability mass everywhere else.

Word forms

point mass point masses pointmass

Related words

point particle
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