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random walk

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.46 in modern English

Syllables
ran-dom walk
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A stochastic path consisting of a series of sequential movements, the direction (and sometime length) of which is chosen at random.

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see random, walk: how a person ambulates when wandering aimlessly.

Inflected Forms

random walks (plural)

Questions

What does random walk mean?
A stochastic path consisting of a series of sequential movements, the direction (and sometime length) of which is chosen at random.

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