ergodic
/ɜɹˈɡɑdɪk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.28 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or relating to certain systems that, given enough time, will eventually return to a previously experienced state.
adj
Of or relating to a process in which every sequence or sample of sufficient size is equally representative of the whole.
adj
Of or relating to a literary work that requires nontrivial effort on the reader's part to traverse.
Example Sentences
- "“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.”"
- "Therefore this chapter moves into two directions, cybertextually expanding (and reorganizing) the field of architextuality, and specifying the ergodic variety within it."
Etymology
International Scientific Vocabulary ergo- + -ode (+ -ic). The etymological origin is disputed: ἔργον (érgon) + ὁδός (hodós, “way”) versus ἔργον (érgon) + εἶδος (eîdos, “image”).
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more ergodic (comparative)
most ergodic (superlative)
Derived Forms
Phrases
ergodic hypothesis
ergodic theory