RANDOM WALK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does random walk mean? 

• RANDOM WALK (noun)
  The noun RANDOM WALK has 1 sense:

1. a stochastic process consisting of a sequence of changes each of whose characteristics (as magnitude or direction) is determined by chance

  Familiarity information: RANDOM WALK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RANDOM WALK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A stochastic process consisting of a sequence of changes each of whose characteristics (as magnitude or direction) is determined by chance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("random walk" is a kind of...):

stochastic process (a statistical process involving a number of random variables depending on a variable parameter (which is usually time))