Glossary. Calcitonin is a hormone known to participate in calcium and phosphorus metabolism. In mammals, the major source of calcitonin is from the parafollicular or C cells in the thyroid gland, but it is also synthesized in a wide variety of other tissues, including the lung and intestinal tract.
Statistics and Probability Dictionary. Select a term from the dropdown text box. The online statistics glossary will display a definition, plus links to other related web pages. Sample Space. A sample space is a set of elements that represents all possible outcomes of a statistical experiment .
A vector space is defined as a set of vectors, a set of scalars, and a scalar multiplication operation that takes a scalar k and a vector v to another vector k v. For example, in a coordinate space, the scalar multiplication yields. In a (linear) function space, kÆ is the function x â¦ k (Æ (x)).