stochastic

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stochastic

/stəˈkæstɪk/ standard
/stəˈkæstɪk/ UK
/stəˈkæstɪk/ Canada, US
/ˈstoʊkæstɪk/
/ˈstoʊt͡ʃæstɪk/ rare
/stəˈkæstɪk/ Australia
/ˈstəʉkæstɪk/ Australia

Rhymes with -æstɪk

Where it comes from

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

adjective more stochastic · most stochastic

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.
Similar: aleatory, random, haphazard

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: random, randomized, uncertain, randomised, probabilistic, chance, aleatory, aleatoric, accidental, haphazard, fortuitous, indeterminate, unpredictable, arbitrary, erratic, contingent

Translations

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adj random

Español	estocástico
日本語	推測の suisoku no, 確率論的な kakuritsurontekina
中文	隨機 /随机 suíjī
हिन्दी	यादृच्छिक yādŕcchik
Português	estocástico, aleatório
Français	stochastique
Deutsch	stochastisch, zufallsabhängig, zufallsbedingt
Italiano	stocastico
Ελληνικά	στοχαστικός stochastikós
Română	stocastic
Русский	стохасти́ческий stoxastíčeskij
العربية	عَشْوَائيّ, غَيْر مُصَمَّم ḡayr muṣammam

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@misc{stochastic_2026,
  title = {stochastic},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/stochastic},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}