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English 1 sense of the expression method of least squares:
NOUNcognitionmethod of least squares, least squaresa 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
Englishmethod of least squares: 1 sense noun 1, cognition
MeaningA 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.
Synonymleast squares
CategorystatisticsA branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters
Broaderstatistical method, statistical procedureA method of analyzing or representing statistical data

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