probabilistic
adjective
prob·a·bi·lis·tic
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Definition of probabilistic
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: of or relating to probabilism
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: of, relating to, or based on probability
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Other Words from probabilistic
probabilistically
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In North America, few tree ring records can precisely calibrate such early radiocarbon dates, but a state-of-the-art probabilistic model placed the start of the occupation at between 16,560 and 15,280 years. — Lizzie Wade, Science | AAAS, "First people in the Americas came by sea, ancient tools unearthed by Idaho river suggest," 29 Aug. 2019 Intel Intel is looking at neuromorphic or probabilistic computing as an alternative to conventional silicon architectures. — Mark Hachman, PCWorld, "Intel connects 64 Loihi 'brain chips' together and hands them off to researchers," 15 July 2019 Because all quantum computations are probabilistic, the process must be repeated at least a few times to ensure that the final configuration of the system has truly minimized the overall energy. — Quanta Magazine, "Computing’s Search for Quantum Questions," 2 June 2016 In the 1920s, Bohr persuaded most of his contemporaries to embrace the weirdness of a probabilistic universe, the inherent fuzziness of nature, and the puzzling wave-particle duality of all things. — Quanta Magazine, "Famous Experiment Dooms Alternative to Quantum Weirdness," 11 Oct. 2018 Admittedly, assuming all these examples really are based on the real Leonardo is a probabilistic inference, so there will naturally be some skepticism. — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, "Da Vinci’s possible vision disorder may have influenced his art," 18 Oct. 2018 The use of these scores to predict individuals’ genetic propensities requires clear warnings about the probabilistic nature of the predictions: Our genes don’t determine our fates. — Robert Plomin, WSJ, "Our Fortunetelling Genes," 15 Nov. 2018 In real life, these decisions are probabilistic, with individuals choosing between outcomes of different severities and degrees. — James Vincent, The Verge, "Global preferences for who to save in self-driving car crashes revealed," 24 Oct. 2018 The findings suggest that media coverage featuring probabilistic forecasting gives rise to much stronger expectations that the leading candidate will win, compared with more familiar coverage of candidates’ vote share. — Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer, "Americans Don’t Understand Probabilities – and It Could Affect Election Turnout," 10 Feb. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'probabilistic.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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