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- [ran-duh m wawk]
- /ˈræn dəm wɔk/
- /ˈræn.dəm wɔːk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [ran-duh m wawk]
- /ˈræn dəm wɔk/
Definitions of random walk words
- noun random walk Statistics. the path taken by a point or quantity that moves in steps, where the direction of each step is determined randomly. 1
- noun random walk Physics. the tendency of particles in random motion to achieve a net displacement or to drift in a particular direction. 1
- noun random walk 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 0
- noun random walk a route consisting of successive and connected steps in which each step is chosen by a random mechanism uninfluenced by any previous step 0
- noun random walk a sequence of movements in which the direction of each successive move is determined entirely at random 0
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Origin of random walk
First appearance:
before 1900 One of the 17% newest English words
First recorded in 1900-05
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Parts of speech for Random walk
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random walk popularity
This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 29% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
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