monte carlo
/ˌmɔn.ti ˈkɑɹ.loʊ̯/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.39 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
noun
An informal dance competition, where contestants in one quarter of the floor are eliminated by a randomly drawn card representing the corner.
Example Sentences
- ""Why do people go if they invariably lose?" asked the blind man. "My dear fellow, why do they go to Monte Carlo?" was the retort, accompanied by a tolerant shrug."
- "The probability density of the Bayesian posterior was estimated by Metropolis-coupled Markov chain Monte Carlo, with multiple incrementally heated chains."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌmɔn.ti ˈkɑɹ.loʊ̯/
- British English: /ˌmɒn.tiː ˈkɑː.ləʊ̯/
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
Monte Carlo algorithm
Monte Carlo fallacy
Monte Carlo integration
Monte Carlo method
Monte Carlo option model
Monte Carlo tree search