Sigmoid
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Sigmoid generally means resembling the letter "S" or the lower-case Greek letter sigma (ς). Specific uses include:
- In mathematics, either a specific function — the logistic curve — or any real function whose graph has a sigmoid shape: see sigmoid function.
- In anatomy, the sigmoid colon is a part of the large intestine.
External link
- Snarks in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/sample/)