Gaussed

Part of speech: adjective, verb

Definitions

1. Processed or transformed using a method based on a bell-shaped curve in statistics; adjusted via a mathematical operation related to normal distribution functions; modified through application of Gaussian smoothing or filtering techniques
2. Subjected to a procedure involving the Gaussian function commonly used in probability and statistics; altered by an approach which emphasizes weighting around a central mean value; treated using a statistical tool that applies a continuous probability distribution with a characteristic peak
3. Influenced by a mathematical function representing a normal distribution shaping data or signals; refined by means of convolution with a curve representing Gaussian characteristics; manipulated through a statistical algorithm that assigns weights to data points according to their distance from the average value

Etymology: Carl Friedrich Gauss did not discover the bell-shaped curve that bears his name. Abraham de Moivre had worked with the same shape earlier, and Pierre-Simon Laplace developed it further. Gauss used it to analyse errors in astronomical measurements, and the curve came to be called the Gaussian. "Gaussed" turns that surname into a verb and adjective. To "gauss" a dataset means to pass it through a Gaussian weighting, so that values near the centre count most. The usage is technical and specialised rather than old English. Gauss also lent his name to the CGS unit of magnetic flux density, the gauss, so the same surname now appears in both statistics and physics.

Synonyms: measured, calibrated, gauged, estimated

Antonyms: INVALID