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mesoskelic

adj. denoting a constitutional body type that is intermediate between brachyskelic (see brachyskeletal) and macroskelic and roughly equivalent to the athletic type in Kretschmer typology. [described by French physician L. P. Manouvrier (1850–1927)]

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partition

partition

1. vb. in statistics and measurement, to divide variance observed in the dependent variable into component elements on the basis of its nature and origin.

2. n. a specific component of the observed variance (e.g., variance due to a treatment effect and variance due to random error).