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ergodicity

[ur-god-ik]

er·god·ic

[ur-god-ik]
adjective Mathematics, Statistics.
of or pertaining to the condition that, in an interval of sufficient duration, a system will return to states that are closely similar to previous ones: the assumption of such a condition underlies statistical methods used in modern dynamics and atomic theory.

Origin:
1925–30; erg- + Greek (h)od(ós) way, road + -ic

er·go·dic·i·ty [ur-guh-dis-i-tee] , noun
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ergodicity

noun
an attribute of stochastic systems; generally, a system that tends in probability to a limiting form that is independent of the initial conditions 
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