ergodic
/ɜɹˈɡɑdɪk/
ergodic adjective: of or relating to certain systems that, given enough time, will eventually return to a previously experienced state.
Adjective
ergodic (comparative more ergodic, superlative most ergodic)
- Of or relating to certain systems that, given enough time, will eventually return to a previously experienced state.
- “The real world is not ergodic,” he says. “If I jump out of the window, that's it–it's not, like, a mistake I will learn from.”2020, Brian Christian, quoting Jan Leike, “Conclusion”, in The Alignment Problem, New York: W.W. Norton & Company, →ISBN
- Of or relating to a process in which every sequence or sample of sufficient size is equally representative of the whole.
- Of or relating to a literary work that requires nontrivial effort on the reader's part to traverse.
- Therefore this chapter moves into two directions, cybertextually expanding (and reorganizing) the field of architextuality, and specifying the ergodic variety within it.2012, Markku Eskelinen, Cybertext Poetics
Antonyms of ergodic
Forms of ergodic
| comparative | more ergodic |
|---|---|
| superlative | most ergodic |
Origin of ergodic
International Scientific Vocabulary ergo- + -ode (+ -ic). The etymological origin is disputed: ἔργον (érgon) + ὁδός (hodós, “way”) versus ἔργον (érgon) + εἶδος (eîdos, “image”).
Words formed from ergodic
- ergodically
- ergodic hypothesis
- ergodicity
- ergodic theory
- microergodic
- nonergodic
Phrases with ergodic
Questions about ergodic
- What does ergodic mean?
- Ergodic means of or relating to certain systems that, given enough time, will eventually return to a previously experienced state.
- What part of speech is ergodic?
- Ergodic is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce ergodic?
- Ergodic is pronounced /ɜɹˈɡɑdɪk/.
Words near ergodic in the dictionary
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