Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

markov chain

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.01 in modern English

Syllables: markov chain
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

1

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A discrete-time stochastic process containing a Markov property.

Example Sentences

"The probability density of the Bayseian posterior was estimated by Metropolis-coupled Markov chain Monte Carlo, with multiple incrementally heated chains."

Inflected Forms

Markov chains (plural)

Synonyms

markoff chain

Questions

What does markov chain mean?: A discrete-time stochastic process containing a Markov property.

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