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.
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Stochastic — (from the Greek Στόχος for aim or guess ) means random.A stochastic process is one whose behavior is non deterministic in that a state s next state is determined both by the process s predictable actions and by a random element. Stochastic crafts … Wikipedia
Stochastic — Sto*chas tic (st[ o]*k[a^]s t[i^]k), a. [Gr. stochastiko s, from stocha zesqai to aim, to guess, fr. sto chos mark or aim.] 1. Conjectural; able to conjecture. [Obs.] Whitefoot. [1913 Webster] 2. random; chance; involving probability; opposite of … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
stochastic — 1660s, pertaining to conjecture, from Gk. stokhastikos able to guess, conjecturing, from stokhazesthai guess, from stokhos a guess, aim, target, mark, lit. pointed stick set up for archers to shoot at (see STING (Cf. sting)). The sense of… … Etymology dictionary
stochastic — [stō kas′tik, stəkas′tik] adj. [< Gr stochastikos, proceeding by guesswork, lit., skillful in aiming < stochazesthai, to aim at < stochos, a target: for IE base see STING] 1. of, pertaining to, or arising from chance; involving… … English World dictionary
stochastic — adjective Etymology: Greek stochastikos skillful in aiming, from stochazesthai to aim at, guess at, from stochos target, aim, guess more at sting Date: 1934 1. random; specifically involving a random variable < a stochastic process > 2. involving … New Collegiate Dictionary
Stochastic — Стохастический индикатор (англ. stochastic oscillator) индикатор технического анализа, который показывает положение текущей цены относительно диапазона цен за определенный период в прошлом. Стохастика измеряется в процентах; значение выше 80%… … Википедия
stochastic — sto·chas·tic stə kas tik, stō adj 1) involving a random variable <a stochastic process> 2) involving chance or probability <a stochastic model of radiation induced mutation> sto·chas·ti·cal·ly ti k(ə )lē adv * * * sto·chas·tic (sto… … Medical dictionary
stochastic — having components affected by random variability, e.g. future recruitments in a fishery are projected with a stochastic component (random variables) to allow for unexplained effects … Dictionary of ichthyology
stochastic — A term used to describe outcomes based on uncertain relationships. The process of change in a variable resulting from change in a parameter. For example, option adjusted spread measures of yield and Monte Carlo models of interest rate risk are… … Financial and business terms
stochastic — tikimybinis statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. stochastic vok. stochastisch rus. стохастический pranc. stochastique ryšiai: sinonimas – stochastinis … Automatikos terminų žodynas
