jackknife

IPA: dʒˈæknaɪf

(statistics) A resampling method that applies estimators to all subsamples that each omit a single different group (possibly of a single datapoint) of the original sample to provide a sample distribution of the estimate.
Alternative spelling of jack-knife [A compact folding knife.]

Alternative spelling of jack-knife [To fold in the middle, as a jackknife does.]

Examples of "jackknife" in Sentences

Almost at once, she began to jackknife.
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This design can also reduce jackknife in a derailment.
The horses took fright, reared up and the coach jackknifed.
"jackknife" into Turner's path, striking her vehicle head-on.
The jackknife came about in the late 1940s in the work of Quenouille.
She has been called, The girl with the sense of humor of a jackknife.
Jackknife, your argument that people can follow the sources is not valid.
The jackknife and bootstrap may in many situations yield similar results.
The jackknife is a cousin to the boobstrap as also are permutation methods.
I've watch every Eddie's c match and they never call it a jackknife splash.
Versions of this dunk include the kickback, the jackknife, and the double pump.
A jackknife, right off the porch, and an Olympic-style swim for the opposite shore.
As I tried a jackknife dive from my tiptoes, a huge wave engulfed me just as I took a breath to submerge.
That caused one of those vehicles to "jackknife" into the lane of traffic that Turner was driving in, striking her vehicle head-on.
Next to them, even the best of the jackknife legs and splayed-out lifts on "Dancing With the Stars" or "So You Think You Can Dance" look like horrifying mutations from Planet Schlock.
To rephrase Steve McIntyre if he will forgive me the jackknife is the statistical technique of resampling by running the estimate on subsamples of N-q from a sample of N then averaging the results.