stochastic
(adjective) being or having a random variable; āa stochastic variableā; āstochastic processesā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
stochastic (comparative more stochastic, superlative most stochastic)
Random, randomly determined.
The term refers to the process of determination being random, regardless of any particular outcome. Flipping a fair coin that lands heads 100 times in a row (in practice, impossibly unlikely, or proof that the coin is not a fair one) could still be contemplated as the outcome of a stochastic procedure.
• probabilistic
• octastichs
Source: Wiktionary
Sto*chas"tic, a. Etym: [Gr.
Definition: Conjectural; able to conjecture. [Obs.] Whitefoot.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 May 2025
(adjective) slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; āthe oblique rays of the winter sunā; āacute and obtuse angles are oblique anglesā; āthe axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its baseā
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
