leptokurtic distribution
Definition
A distribution that displays a positive value of excess kurtosis, or sharpness of the peak of the graph of the distribution. The graph of a leptokurtic probability distribution shows a much higher peak around the mean value, and "fat tails", or higher densities of values at the extreme ends of the probability curve.
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