random walk
nounDefinition of random walk
: a process (such as Brownian motion or genetic drift) consisting of a sequence of steps (such as movements or changes in gene frequency) each of whose characteristics (such as magnitude and direction) is determined by chance
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Actually, a camera shake is very similar to a random walk. — Adam Rogers, WIRED, "The Awesome Bowling Robot Is Surely Fake. Here's How to Tell," 10 July 2019 The stable map is to these clusters as Brownian motion is to the random walk. — Quanta Magazine, "Random Surfaces Hide an Intricate Order," 2 July 2019 Hoffman’s journey to the moon was something of a random walk. — Matthew Guerrieri, BostonGlobe.com, "A journey to the moon, by a master of the theremin," 3 July 2019 Subscribe to the Bloomberg Odd Lots podcast (Pocket Casts)Subscribe to the Bloomberg Odd Lots podcast (iTunes) Every week, hosts Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway take you on a not-so-random walk through hot topics in markets, finance and economics. — Joe Weisenthal, Bloomberg.com, "Odd Lots: Two Researchers Explain How Quants Are Going to Revolutionize Long-Term Investing," 11 Dec. 2017 Subscribe to the Bloomberg Odd Lots podcast (Pocket Casts) Subscribe to the Bloomberg Odd Lots podcast (iTunes) Every week, hosts Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway take you on a not-so-random walk through hot topics in markets, finance and economics. — Joe Weisenthal, Bloomberg.com, "Odd Lots: Everything You've Been Taught About How to Value a Stock Might Be Wrong," 30 Oct. 2017 Subscribe to the Bloomberg Odd Lots podcast (Pocket Casts) Subscribe to the Bloomberg Odd Lots podcast (iTunes) Every week, hosts Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway take you on a not-so-random walk through hot topics in markets, finance and economics. — Joe Weisenthal, Bloomberg.com, "Odd Lots: Everything You've Been Taught About How to Value a Stock Might Be Wrong," 30 Oct. 2017 Subscribe to the Bloomberg Odd Lots podcast (Pocket Casts) Subscribe to the Bloomberg Odd Lots podcast (iTunes) Every week, hosts Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway take you on a not-so-random walk through hot topics in markets, finance and economics. — Joe Weisenthal, Bloomberg.com, "Odd Lots: Everything You've Been Taught About How to Value a Stock Might Be Wrong," 30 Oct. 2017 Subscribe to the Bloomberg Odd Lots podcast (Pocket Casts) Subscribe to the Bloomberg Odd Lots podcast (iTunes) Every week, hosts Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway take you on a not-so-random walk through hot topics in markets, finance and economics. — Joe Weisenthal, Bloomberg.com, "Odd Lots: Everything You've Been Taught About How to Value a Stock Might Be Wrong," 30 Oct. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'random walk.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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