Stochastic Definition
stō-kăstĭk
adjective
Of, relating to, or characterized by conjecture; conjectural.
American Heritage
Of, pertaining to, or arising from chance; involving probability; random.
Webster's New World
Designating a process in which a sequence of values is drawn from a corresponding sequence of jointly distributed random variables.
Webster's New World
Origin of Stochastic
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Greek stokhastikos from stokhastēs diviner from stokhazesthai to guess at from stokhos aim, goal stegh- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Ancient Greek στοχαστικός (stokhastikos), from στοχάζομαι (stokhazomai, “aim at a target, guess"), from στόχος (stokhos, “an aim, a guess").
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