Poisson

See also: poisson

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French Poisson. The noun sense is named after French mathematician Siméon Denis Poisson (1781–1840).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpwɑː.sɒn/, /ˈpwɑː.sɒ̃/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpwɑ.sɒn/

Proper noun

Poisson

1. A surname in French

Noun

Poisson (plural Poissons)

1. (mathematics) The Poisson distribution.

Related terms

• Poisson cohomology
• Poisson distribution
• Poisson effect
• Poissonian
• Poisson manifold
• Poisson noise
• Poisson process
• Poisson's ratio

Anagrams

• poisons

French

Etymology

From poisson (“fish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pwa.sɔ̃/

Proper noun

Poisson m or f by sense

1. a metonymic surname

Anagrams

• poisons, posions

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French Poisson.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pwaˈsõ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pwaˈsõ/

Proper noun

Poisson m or f by sense

1. a surname in French

Derived terms

• distribuição de Poisson