Ergodic

Origin

International Scientific Vocabulary - + ode + - (+ -ic)

Disputations

are held about the true etymological origin: ἔργον + ὁδός versus ἔργον + εἶδος.

Adjective

1. (mathematics, physics) Of or relating to certain systems that, given enough time, will eventually return to previously experienced state.
2. (statistics, engineering) Of or relating to a process in which every sequence or sample of sufficient size is equally representative of the whole.

Derived terms

• ergodic hypothesis
• ergodic theory