probabilistic
Americanadjective
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Statistics. of or relating to probability.
probabilistic forecasting.
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of or relating to probabilism.
Etymology
Origin of probabilistic
1650–60; probabil(ism) or probabil(ity) + -istic; compare French probabiliste believer in probabilism
Example Sentences
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The technology combines generative AI and probabilistic computing with controllable 3D graphics, Huang says at the 2026 GTC conference.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
This probabilistic nature is one of the most unusual features of the quantum world.
From Science Daily • Mar. 10, 2026
Further, these applications must be wholly reliable, which a probabilistic system like AI will always struggle to be.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026
We use a probabilistic approach to sampling and modeling.
From Salon • Oct. 1, 2024
A very long hitting streak in baseball is a particularly amazing sort of record, so unlikely as to seem virtually unachievable and almost immune to probabilistic prediction.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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