least squares

/list skwɛərz/
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Definitions of least squares
  1. noun
    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
    synonyms: method of least squares
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    type of:
    statistical method, statistical procedure
    a method of analyzing or representing statistical data; a procedure for calculating a statistic
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