power law curve

Spanish translation: curva potencial

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English term or phrase:power law curve
Spanish translation:curva potencial
Entered by: Carmen Álvarez

23:40 Apr 7, 2005
English to Spanish translations [Non-PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Mathematics & Statistics
English term or phrase: power law curve
The long tail is named after the type of power law curve you get when you plot the sales of CDs, computer games and other products, or the popularity of websites, or the frequency of word use in a language.
Jos� Peralta
curva potencial
Explanation:
... debe su nombre al tipo de curva potencial que se obtiene..."

Sería interesante saber cuál es ese nombre que tiene el "long tail" para saber cómo traducir "tail". Saludos :)
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Carmen Álvarez
Spain
Local time: 21:57
Grading comment
Gracias por su respuesta. Con "tail" se refieren en el texto a la forma de la curva, que por ser larga parece una "larga cola"
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5 +1curva potencial
Carmen Álvarez
4curva de ley de la potencia
Yvonne Becker


  

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curva de ley de la potencia


Explanation:


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o curva que ajusta a la ley de la potencia
curva que sigue un comportamiento de la ley de la potencia

Yvonne Becker
Local time: 15:57
Native speaker of: Spanish
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curva potencial


Explanation:
... debe su nombre al tipo de curva potencial que se obtiene..."

Sería interesante saber cuál es ese nombre que tiene el "long tail" para saber cómo traducir "tail". Saludos :)

Carmen Álvarez
Spain
Local time: 21:57
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 15
Grading comment
Gracias por su respuesta. Con "tail" se refieren en el texto a la forma de la curva, que por ser larga parece una "larga cola"

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agree  Ana Cuesta
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  -> Gracias, Ana :)
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