Puwasonhing pamamahagi

Tagalog

Etymology

    From *Puwason (pronunciation spelling of French Poisson, after Siméon Denis Poisson) + -hin + -g + pamamahagi. Calque of English Poisson distribution.

    Coined by Lupon sa Agham (Committee on Science) in the Maugnaying Talasalitaang Pang-agham : Ingles-Pilipino (Correlative Word List for Sciences : English-Filipino), published in 1969 and edited by Gonsalo del Rosario. This term fell under the Kublupon sa Sipnayan (Subcommittee on Mathematics), headed by Manuel M. Maravilla.

    Pronunciation

    • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /puasonˌhiŋ pamamaˈhaɡi/ [pwɐ.son̪ˌhɪm pɐ.mɐ.mɐˈhaː.ɣɪ]
    • Rhymes: -aɡi
    • Syllabification: Pu‧wa‧son‧hing pa‧ma‧ma‧ha‧gi

    Noun

    Puwasonhíng pamamahagi (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜏᜐᜓᜈ᜔ᜑᜒᜅ᜔ ᜉᜋᜋᜑᜄᜒ) (statistics, neologism)

    1. Poisson distribution

    References

    • Lupon sa Agham (1969), Gonsalo del Rosario, editor, Maugnaying Talasalitaang Pang-agham : Ingles-Pilipino [Correlative Word List for Sciences : English-Filipino] (overall work in English and Tagalog), Manila: National Book Store, Inc., →LCCN, →OL