Saturday, 24 November 2012

stochastic=الاستوكاستك


stochastic=الاستوكاستك
ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:
stochastic (adj.)
1660s, "pertaining to conjecture," from Gk. stokhastikos "able to guess, conjecturing," from stokhazesthai "guess," from stokhos "a guess, aim, target, mark," lit. "pointed stick set up for archers to shoot at" (see sting). The sense of "randomly determined" is first recorded 1934, from Ger. stochastik.

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