Tail event

English

Each of the two cylinders contain a tail, as understood in the context of sense 1: only the sequence members that come after some index.

The orange parts represent the sense of tail used in sense 2: the part of a distribution farthest from the main body. The exact point at which the "tail" begins is entirely arbitrary.

Etymology

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Noun

1. Template:Lb an event associated with a given infinite sequence $Y=\{y_k|k\ge k_0\}$ that is determined by any subsequence of the form $Y_n=\{y_k|k\ge n\},n\ge k_0$ (a "tail" of that sequence)
2. a low-probability event
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3. an event that initiates an activity Template:Attention

See also

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Anagrams

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