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Sigmoid vs Portly - What's the difference?

sigmoid | portly |

As adjectives the difference between sigmoid and portly

is that sigmoid is (geometry) curved in two directions, like the letter "s", or the greek (sigma) while portly is somewhat fat, pudgy, overweight.

As a noun sigmoid

is (mathematics) a function having a graph whose shape is sigmoid see and mathworld http://mathworldwolframcom/sigmoidfunctionhtml.

sigmoid

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (geometry) Curved in two directions, like the letter "S", or the Greek (sigma).
  • #Having a serpentine shape; resembling S or ?
  • # (mathematics) Exhibiting logistic growth; having a graph that accelerates until it reaches a carrying capacity
  • (geometry, archaic) Semi-circular, like the lunar sigma (similar to English C).
  • (anatomy) Relating to the sigmoid flexure of the large intestine.

    • Synonyms

    * sigmoidal

    Derived terms

    * sigmoid artery * sigmoid colon * sigmoid flexure * sigmoid fossa * sigmoid groove * sigmoid sinus * sigmoid valve * sigmoid function * sigmoidoscope

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (mathematics) A function having a graph whose shape is sigmoid. See and Mathworld http://mathworld.wolfram.com/SigmoidFunction.html.

    • References

    portly

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Somewhat fat, pudgy, overweight.
  • * 1824 , , Tales of a Traveller , Introduction:
    • Indeed, the poor man has grown ten times as nervous as ever, since he has discovered, on such good authority, who the stout gentleman was. . . . He has anxiously endeavored to call up a recollection of what he saw of that portly personage; and has ever since kept a curious eye on all gentlemen of more than ordinary dimensions.
  • * 1913 , , The Little Nugget , ch. 14:
    • His portly middle section, rising beyond like a small hill, heaved rhythmically.
  • * 2011 July 6, Nick Carbone, " Top 10 Worst Fictional Camp Counselors," Time (retrieved 8 May 2014):
    • In Heavyweights , Tony Perkis (Ben Stiller) is a fitness guru who installs himself as the über-buff leader of Camp Hope, with the goal of helping portly youngsters shed their saggy stomachs and thunder thighs.
  • *1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.2:
  • *:Portly his person was, and much increast
    • Through his Heroicke grace and honourable gest.
  • * 1728 , , "A Dialogue between Mad Mullinix and Timothy":
    • Be studious well to imitate
    My portly motion, mien, and gait

    Usage notes

    * When used to refer to someone who is overweight, portly'' is a less harsh term than ''fat .

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * portliness

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