random walk

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random walk

noun random walks

A stochastic path consisting of a series of sequential movements, the direction (and sometime length) of which is chosen at random.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see random, walk: how a person ambulates when wandering aimlessly.

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noun stochastic path

Français	marche aléatoire
Deutsch	Irrfahrt, Zufallsbewegung

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@misc{random_walk_2026,
  title = {random walk},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/random%20walk},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}