Phrase Hound found 22 phrases and 37 compound words that contain fisher. The most common are listed below. Open fisher in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 22
- Fisher CountyOne of 254 counties in Texas, United States. County seat: Roby. Named after Samuel Rhoads Fisher.
- Fisher KingA figure of Arthurian legend, the last in a long line of British kings tasked with guarding the Holy Grail, but rendered impotent by a wound; he is sometimes depicted as spending his time fishing while he awaits a "chosen one" who can heal …
- fisher catA North American carnivorous mammal (Pekania pennanti, syn. Martes pennanti) of the weasel family.
- Fisher informationA measure of the amount of information that an observable random variable X carries about an unknown parameter θ of a distribution that models X. Formally, it is the variance of the score, or the expected value of the observed information.
- Fisher-Tippett-Gnedenko theoremA general result in extreme value theory regarding asymptotic distribution of extreme order statistics. The maximum of a sample of iid random variables after proper renormalization can only converge in distribution to one of three possible …
- whale fisherAlternative form of whale-fisher.
- Fisher-Yates shuffleA particular algorithm for generating an unbiased random permutation of a set. It selects elements randomly from the initial set until none remain.
- bottom fisherOne who engages in bottom fishing (in any sense).
- fisher catsplural of fisher cat: A North American carnivorous mammal (Pekania pennanti, syn. Martes pennanti) of the weasel family.
- fisher-boatA boat used for fishing.
- fisher-boatsplural of fisher-boat: A boat used for fishing.
- fly-fisherAlternative form of flyfisher: A person who goes fly fishing.
- line fisherA fisherman that uses a line baited with hooks
- Fisher-Tippett theoremSynonym of Fisher-Tippett-Gnedenko theorem: A general result in extreme value theory regarding asymptotic distribution of extreme order statistics. The maximum of a sample of iid random variables after proper renormalization can only …
- international Fisher effectThe hypothesis that the differences in nominal interest rates reflect expected changes in the spot exchange rate between countries.
- Miller Fisher syndromeA rare variant of Guillain-Barré syndrome, manifesting as a descending paralysis that proceeds in the reverse order and usually affects the eye muscles first.
- Behrens-Fisher problemThe problem of interval estimation and hypothesis testing concerning the difference between the means of two normally distributed populations when the variances of the two populations are not assumed to be equal, based on two independent …
- Meker-Fisher burnerSynonym of Meker burner: A laboratory burner that produces multiple open gas flames, used for heating, sterilization, and combustion.
- Fisher-Yates shufflesplural of Fisher-Yates shuffle: A particular algorithm for generating an unbiased random permutation of a set. It selects elements randomly from the initial set until none remain.
- international Fisher effectsplural of international Fisher effect: The hypothesis that the differences in nominal interest rates reflect expected changes in the spot exchange rate between countries.
- Behrens-Fisher problemsplural of Behrens-Fisher problem: The problem of interval estimation and hypothesis testing concerning the difference between the means of two normally distributed populations when the variances of the two populations are not assumed to be …
- Meker-Fisher burnersplural of Meker-Fisher burner: A laboratory burner that produces multiple open gas flames, used for heating, sterilization, and combustion.
Compound words 37
- kingfisherAny of various birds of the suborder Alcedines (or the family Alcedinidae sensu lato), having a large head, short tail and brilliant colouration; they feed mostly on fish.
- fisherfolkPeople who fish for a living.
- flyfisherA person who goes fly fishing.
- FisherianOf or relating to Ronald Fisher (1890–1962), English statistician, evolutionary biologist, geneticist, and eugenicist.
- laxfisherA salmon fisher.
- spearfisherOne who fishes with a spear.
- fisherboyA boy employed in catching fish; a young fisherman.
- fisherpersonA fisherman or fisherwoman, a fisher.
- codfisherOne who fishes for cod.
- electrofisherThe device used to produce an electric current in electrofishing.