random walk


noun
  1. Statistics. the path taken by a point or quantity that moves in steps, where the direction of each step is determined randomly.

  2. Physics. the tendency of particles in random motion to achieve a net displacement or to drift in a particular direction.

Origin of random walk

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First recorded in 1900–05

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random walk

noun
  1. a mathematical model used to describe physical processes, such as diffusion, in which a particle moves in straight-line steps of constant length but random direction

  2. statistics a route consisting of successive and connected steps in which each step is chosen by a random mechanism uninfluenced by any previous step

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