An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics
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For a → random variable X, any → distribution which has the form: P(X ≥ x) = (k/x)^α, where x is a value in the range defined for X, k > 0 is a parameter termed location parameter, and α > 0 is the → slope parameter.

→ power; → law; → distribution.