English Explanatory Dictionary

Poisson

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname in French
noun
  1. The Poisson distribution.

Pronunciation

/ˈpwɑː.sɒn/ /ˈpwɑː.sɒ̃/ /ˈpwɑ.sɒn/

Word forms

Poisson Poissons

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French Poisson. The noun sense is named after French mathematician Siméon Denis Poisson (1781–1840).

Related words

Poisson cohomology Poisson distribution Poisson effect Poissonian Poisson manifold Poisson noise Poisson process Poisson's ratio
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