Stochastic
/stəˈkæstɪk/ adj
adj ·Moderate ·High school 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
Example
More examples"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”).