gaussian_shape has definitions from the fields of mathematics,geometry
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[ noun ] (mathematics,geometry) a symmetrical curve representing the normal distribution

Used in print

(Cornell H. Mayer, "Radio Emission of the Moon...)

The half-intensity diameter of the main lobe of the antenna was about 18 ' .5 , and the brightness temperature was reduced by assuming a Gaussian_shape for the antenna beam and a uniformly bright disk for the moon .

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curve statistics

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