random walk

Noun

Meaning

a stochastic process consisting of a sequence of changes each of whose characteristics (as magnitude or direction) is determined by chance

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Synonyms

Brownian motion permeability osmosis diffusion coefficient concentration gradient interdiffusion self-diffusion fick's law ion diffusion gas diffusion liquid diffusion drunkard's walk casual walk casual stroll occasional walk
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Hypernyms

stochastic process

Examples

To every event defined for the original random walk there corresponds an event of equal probability in the dual random walk, and in this way almost every probability relation has its dual. William Feller

Goals transform a random walk into a chase. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Close letter words and terms

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