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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AI is probabilistic technology, which means it’s slightly unpredictable.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 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
This method utilizes a statistical model to represent the interdependence of multiple factors, facilitating the generation of probabilistic meteorological data.
From Science Daily • Nov. 26, 2024
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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