probabilistic
Americanadjective
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Statistics. of or relating to probability.
probabilistic forecasting.
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of or relating to probabilism.
Etymology
Origin of probabilistic
1650–60; probabil(ism) or probabil(ity) + -istic; compare French probabiliste believer in probabilism
Example Sentences
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AI is probabilistic technology, which means it’s slightly unpredictable.
Probabilistic: In the marketing world, there is “probabilistic” targeting of customers.
From this foundation, the software builds progressively more complex regulatory networks that can also function as probabilistic models for studying disease behavior.
From Science Daily
This method utilizes a statistical model to represent the interdependence of multiple factors, facilitating the generation of probabilistic meteorological data.
From Science Daily
We use a probabilistic approach to sampling and modeling.
From Salon
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