Search Result for "method_of_least_squares":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. 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;
[syn: least squares, method of least squares]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

method of least squares
    n 1: 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 [syn: least squares, method of
         least squares]