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COURBE FREQUENCES CUMULEES [3 records]

Record 1 2011-08-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Graphs and Diagrams
  • Mathematics
DEF

an S-shaped graphic representation of a cumulative frequency distribution, the frequencies being expressed in terms of either the percentages or the actual numbers of observations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Diagrammes et graphiques (Statistique)
  • Mathématiques
DEF

Représentation graphique du pourcentage des cas correspondant aux valeurs successives d'une variable.

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-09-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Graphs and Diagrams
CONT

A cumulative frequency curve is obtained by plotting a distribution cumulated either upward ..., or downward ...

OBS

Not all distribution curves have the ogive form. It is therefore better to avoid the term or to confine it to the normal or nearly-normal case.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Diagrammes et graphiques (Statistique)
CONT

La courbe cumulative est la représentation graphique des effectifs ou des fréquences cumulées [d'une distribution].

Spanish

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Record 3 1999-05-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Measurements and Analyses
  • Statistical Graphs and Diagrams
  • Soil Mechanics (Engineering)
DEF

A frequency curve in which each group is added to the preceding one until the total number of observations is included; it commonly adds to 100%.

DEF

A curve showing the accumulative percentage by weight of particles within increasing or decreasing size limits as a function of diameter; the percentage by weight of each size fraction is plotted accumulatively on the ordinate as a function of the total range of diameters represented in the sample plotted on the abscissa.

Key term(s)
  • mass curve

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures et analyse (Sciences)
  • Diagrammes et graphiques (Statistique)
  • Mécanique des sols
CONT

La «courbe cumulative» du sédiment est construite en ajoutant les pourcentages des diverses phases et en utilisant le même diagramme orthogonal que pour un histogramme.

CONT

Les courbes cumulatives de fréquence sont une des représentations les plus complètes des granulométries et sont employées aussi bien dans les sciences de la Terre que dans les techniques industrielles.

CONT

Le traitement statistique des données de l'analyse granulométrique, est la courbe granulométrique cumulative.

Spanish

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