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Is there another interpretation for a Gamma distribution with non-integer shape parameter?

It is well known that a random variable being Gamma distributed with integer shape parameter k is equivalent to the sum of the squares of k normally distributed random variables.

But what can I say about a gamma distributed random variable with non-integer k? Is there any other interpretation other than the Gamma distribution at all?

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