Poisson
Pronunciation: /ˈpwɑː.sɒn/
The English word “Poisson” has 1 meaning listed here.
noun
- The Poisson distribution.
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French Poisson. The noun sense is named after French mathematician Siméon Denis Poisson (1781–1840).
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