stochastic adjective. [stǝ'kastɪk] M17.
[Greek stokhastikos, from stokhazesthai aim at a mark, guess, from stokhos an aim, a guess: see -IC.]
1. Pertaining to conjecture. Long rare or obsolete. M17.

2. Randomly determined; that follows some random probability distribution or pattern, so that its behaviour may be analysed statistically but not predicted precisely. M20.
b. Music. Designating music in which details within an overall sound structure are determined stochastically by composer or computer. M20.

■ stochastically adverb L17.

■ stochas'ticity noun the property of being stochastic L20.

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