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Meaning of Zipfian | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B1
ˈzɪpfiːən

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to George Kingsley Zipf (1902–1950), American linguist who studied statistical occurrences in different languages and proposed the Zipfian distribution, codified as Zipf's Law, one of a family of discrete power law probability distributions.
  2. Of or pertaining to Zipf's law or its Zipfian distribution.

Equivalents

Português zipfiano

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

ziphiid ziphiine ziphodont zipless ziplike ziplocked

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