ergodic

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Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
13
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ɜɹˈɡɑdɪk/
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/ɜɹˈɡɑdɪk/ · /ɜɹˈɡoʊdɪk/

Definition of ergodic

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Of or relating to certain systems that, given enough time, will eventually return to a previously experienced state.
    ““The real world is not ergodic,” he says. “If I jump out of the window, that's it–it's not, like, a mistake I will learn from.””
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adj

  1. Of or relating to certain systems that, given enough time, will eventually return to a previously experienced state.
    ““The real world is not ergodic,” he says. “If I jump out of the window, that's it–it's not, like, a mistake I will learn from.””
  2. Of or relating to a process in which every sequence or sample of sufficient size is equally representative of the whole.
  3. Of or relating to a literary work that requires nontrivial effort on the reader's part to traverse.
    “Therefore this chapter moves into two directions, cybertextually expanding (and reorganizing) the field of architextuality, and specifying the ergodic variety within it.”

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Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary ergo- + -ode (+ -ic). The etymological origin is disputed: ἔργον (érgon) + ὁδός (hodós, “way”) versus ἔργον (érgon) + εἶδος (eîdos, “image”).

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