STOCHASTICITY Synonyms

• (thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work

• the quality of lacking any predictable order or plan

• the quality of being guided by sudden unpredictable impulses

• the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment

• a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances

• an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another

• a risk involving danger

• a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible

• the possibility of future success

• occurring or appearing or singled out by chance

• be the case by chance

• take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome

• come upon, as if by accident; meet with

• the quality of being vague and poorly defined

• being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance

• the state of being unsure of something

• the quality of being guided by sudden unpredictable impulses

• the trait of being unpredictably irresolute

• lacking predictability

• unclearness by virtue of being poorly expressed or not coherent in meaning

• indistinctness of shape or character

• the quality of being subject to variation

• the quality of being uneven and lacking uniformity

• the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment

• the trait of behaving like an imp

• sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)

• the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience

• electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication

• a loud outcry of protest or complaint

• incomprehensibility resulting from irrelevant information or meaningless facts or remarks

• the quality of lacking any predictable order or plan

• emit a noise