probabilistic

[ prob-uh-buh-lis-tik ]

/ ˌprɒb ə bəˈlɪs tɪk /

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adjective

Statistics. of or relating to probability: probabilistic forecasting.

of or relating to probabilism.

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Origin of probabilistic

1650–60; probabil(ism) or probabil(ity) + -istic; compare French probabiliste believer in probabilism

Words nearby probabilistic

pro-am, pro-American, pro-ana, prob, probabilism, probabilistic, probability, probability curve, probability density function, probability distribution, probability function

How to use probabilistic in a sentence

Others are experimenting with more probabilistic techniques that use far less data, inspired by a human child’s ability to learn from very few examples.
Five ways to make AI a greater force for good in 2021|Karen Hao|January 8, 2021|MIT Technology Review
I’m also going to set aside the question of how probabilistic forecasts like FiveThirtyEight’s did.
The Polls Weren’t Great. But That’s Pretty Normal.|Nate Silver (nrsilver@fivethirtyeight.com)|November 11, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
Since particles’ exact trajectories are unknowable, researchers sought a more probabilistic approach.
Quantum Tunnels Show How Particles Can Break the Speed of Light|Natalie Wolchover|October 20, 2020|Quanta Magazine
This probabilistic argument is widely known, but no one has been able to extend it to a complete proof of the conjecture.
The Simple Math Problem We Still Can’t Solve|Patrick Honner|September 22, 2020|Quanta Magazine

Rather than relying on the brain’s visible “landmarks,” which can still differ between people, the probabilistic map is far more precise, the authors said.
These Scientists Just Completed a 3D ‘Google Earth’ for the Brain|Shelly Fan|August 5, 2020|Singularity Hub
Almost all the forecast that I publish, in politics and other fields, are probabilistic.
Nate Silver: Why I Started FiveThirtyEight|Nate Silver|November 10, 2012|DAILY BEAST