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Stochastic

//stəˈkæstɪk// adj

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Adjective
  1. 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. 1
    being or having a random variable wordnet

Etymology

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

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