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gam

 
(găm) pronunciation
n.
  1. A social visit or friendly interchange, especially between whalers or seafarers.
  2. A herd of whales or a social congregation of whalers, especially at sea. See synonyms at flock1.

v., gammed, gam·ming, gams.

v.intr.
To hold a visit, especially while at sea.

v.tr.
  1. To visit with.
  2. To spend (time) talking or visiting.

[Perhaps short for GAMMON2 or variant of GAME1.]


gam2 (găm) pronunciation
n. Slang
A person's leg.

[Probably from Polari (theatrical argot), from Italian gamba, from Late Latin, hoof. See gambol.]


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Statistics Dictionary: generalized additive model
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Variant: GAM

Model analogous to a generalized linear model in which the linear combination of explanatory variables is replaced by a linear combination of scatterplot smoothers.



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Gam may refer to:

  • GAM, an acronym for General Aggression Model. Generally referred in psychological research in video game behavioral studies.
  • Gam, a mostly obsolete slang term for a person's leg, especially of an attractive female.[1]
  • Gam, a herd or school of whales.
  • GAM, an acronym for "Gay Asian Male"
  • Gam, the title of a village's elected tribal chief among the Himalayan Adi people
  • Gerakan Aceh Merdeka, the "Free Aceh Movement"; (abbreviated GAM)
  • Gam, a typo of the word "Game" and an adopted term at Underground at Fort Belvoir VA.
Places
  • Gam, a town in Cornwall county in southwestern England
  • Gam, an island in Indonesia
  • La Gran Área Metropolitana, Costa Rica's largest urban zone; (abbreviated GAM)
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