Stochastic

//stəˈkæstɪk// adj

adj ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective

1
Random, randomly determined.
"In the evening, while she bathed, waiting for him to enter the bathroom as she powdered her body, he crouched over the blueprints spread between the sofas in the lounge, calculating a stochastic analysis of the Pentagon car park."

Adjective

1
being or having a random variable wordnet

Synonyms

random aimless aleatoric aleatory aleatory amorphous

Antonyms

Example

"A good knowledge of numerical analysis, stochastic calculus and programming in C++ is important for a job in banking my lecturer said."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek στοχαστικός (stokhastikós), from στοχάζομαι (stokházomai, “aim at a target, guess”), from στόχος (stókhos, “an aim, a guess”).

Related phrases

dynamic stochastic general equilibrium stochastic calculus stochastic differential equation stochastic matrix stochastic parrot stochastic process stochastic terror stochastic terrorism stochastic terrorist

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