Definition of poisson distribution Poisson distribution
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What does poisson distribution mean?
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| poisson distribution - a theoretical distribution that is a good approximation to the binomial distribution when the probability is small and the number of trials is large | ||
| statistical distribution, distribution the act of distributing or spreading or apportioning | ||
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Wiktionary 
- poisson distribution (Noun)
A limit of the binomial distribution for very large numbers of trials and a small probability of success.
Wikipedia 
- The Poisson distribution is a probability distribution. It is named after Siméon Denis Poisson who discovered it in 1838. It measures the probability that a certain number of events occur within a certain time time interval. The events need to be independent of one another. They also need to occur with a known average rate.
