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statistical distribution comparison table

Subject	is an instance of	is a kind of	has definition
frequency distribution		statistical distribution	A statistical arrangement of numerical data according to size or magnitude (see also distribution function).
Gaussian distribution	statistical distribution		A random distribution of initial conditions is often referred to as a Gaussian distribution. Also, a certain kind of bell-shaped curve is called a Gaussian.
Maxwell distribution	statistical distribution		The distribution function that any species of particle will have if it is in thermodynamic equilibrium. This distribution function describes both the equilibrium in velocity space or kinetic energy, and the equilibrium in potential energy.
Poisson distribution	statistical distribution		An approximation to the binomial distribution used when the probability of success in a single trial is very small and the number of trials is very large.

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