Portmanteau

  • 21portmanteau word — n. [coined by Lewis CARROLL Lewis in Through the Looking Glass] a coined word that is a combination of two other words in form and meaning; blend (Ex.: smog, from smoke and fog) …

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  • 22Portmanteau (disambiguation) — A portmanteau is a word that is formed by combining both sounds and meanings from two or more words.Portmanteau may also refer to:* Portmanteau (suitcase), a large travelling case * Portmanteau film, an anthology film made up of several short… …

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  • 23Portmanteau test — In statistics, a portmanteau test tests whether any of a group of autocorrelations of a time series are different from zero. Among portmanteau tests are both the Ljung Box test and the (now obsolete) Box Pierce test. The portmanteau test is… …

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  • 24portmanteau word — noun a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings smog is a blend of smoke and fog motel is a portmanteau word made by combining motor and hotel brunch is a well known portmanteau • Syn: ↑blend, ↑portmanteau • Members of… …

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  • 25Portmanteau (suitcase) — A portmanteau (IPAEng|pɔrtˈmæntoʊ|), plural portmanteaux, is type of bag commonly found in England and other parts of Europe, and was extremely popular in the 19th century for travel.The word portmanteau , is of French origin, deriving from… …

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  • 26Portmanteau-Wort — Ein Kofferwort ist ein Kunstwort aus mindestens zwei Wörtern, die zu einem inhaltlich neuen Begriff verschmelzen – einzelne Wortsegmente können getilgt werden. Geläufige Synonyme sind: Portmanteau Wort, Blend, Wortkreuzung und mot valise.[1] Der… …

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  • 27portmanteau word — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms portmanteau word : singular portmanteau word plural portmanteau words linguistics a word that combines the sound and meaning of two words, for example smog , a combination of smoke and fog …

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  • 28Portmanteau-Test — Mit Hilfe eines Portmanteau Tests wird für mehrere Autokorrelationskoeffizienten die Signifikanz zu Null getestet. Dies ist vor allem bei der Prüfung der Autokorrelationsfreiheit der Residuen im Rahmen der Diagnosephase einer Zeitreihenanalyse… …

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  • 29Portmanteau-Theorem — Das Portmanteau Theorem ist ein Satz aus dem mathematischen Teilgebiet Stochastik und beschreibt äquivalente Bedingungen für die schwache Konvergenz (auch bekannt als Konvergenz in Verteilung) von Zufallsvariablen. Diese Bedingungen sind in… …

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  • 30Portmanteau inhibitor — A portmanteau inhibitor is a drug which is a combination of two drug molecules, each of which is itself a type of inhibitor. The term was coined in 2007 by University of Minnesota researchers who designed and synthesized a combination HIV Reverse …

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