Poisson
See also: poisson
English
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French Poisson. The noun sense is named after French mathematician Siméon Denis Poisson (1781–1840).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpwɑː.sɒn/, /ˈpwɑː.sɒ̃/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpwɑ.sɒn/
Proper noun
Poisson
Noun
Poisson (plural Poissons)
- (mathematics) The Poisson distribution.
Related terms
- Poisson cohomology
- Poisson distribution
- Poisson effect
- Poissonian
- Poisson manifold
- Poisson noise
- Poisson process
- Poisson's ratio
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From poisson (“fish”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pwa.sɔ̃/
Proper noun
Poisson m or f by sense
Anagrams
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French Poisson.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pwaˈsõ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pwaˈsõ/
Proper noun
Poisson m or f by sense
Derived terms
- distribuição de Poisson