curve fitting

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Definition of curve fitting

: the empirical determination of a curve or function that approximates a set of data

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But both types of walks have nice curve fits with the increasing distance with step size to the power of 0.4975 and the SAW increasing at a power of 0.4688. — Adam Rogers, WIRED, "What Random Walks in Multiple Dimensions Teach You About Life," 10 Apr. 2018

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