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prob⋅a⋅bi⋅lis⋅tic

  [prob-uh-buh-lis-tik]
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–adjective
1. Statistics. of or pertaining to probability: probabilistic forecasting.
2. of or pertaining to probabilism.
Origin:
1650–60; probabil(ism) or probabil(ity) + -istic; cf. F probabiliste believer in probabilism
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prob·a·bil·is·tic   (prŏb'ə-bə-lĭs'tĭk)   
adj.  
  1. Of, relating to, or based on probabilism.
  2. Of, based on, or affected by probability, randomness, or chance: "The Big Bang universe is . . . exemplified in the probabilistic and indeterminate interactions of the smallest known physical properties" (Frederick Turner).
prob'a·bil·ist'i·cal·ly adv.
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probabilistic probability
Relating to, or governed by, probability. The behaviour of a probabilistic system cannot be predicted exactly but the probability of certain behaviours is known. Such systems may be simulated using pseudorandom numbers. Evolutionary computation uses probabilistic processes to generate new (potential) solutions to a problem.
See also deterministic, non-probabilistic.
(1995-09-22)

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