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English noun: method of least squares

1. method of least squares (cognition) a method of fitting a curve to data points so as to minimize the sum of the squares of the distances of the points from the curve


Synonymsleast squares


Broader (hypernym)statistical method, statistical procedure


Domain categorystatistics









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