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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
stochastic /stəˈkastɪk/

▶adjective technical having a random probability distribution or pattern that can be analysed statistically but not predicted precisely.

– derivatives
stochastically adverb.

– origin C17: from Gk stokhastikos, from stokhazesthai ‘aim at, guess’, from stokhos ‘aim’.

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