"drunkard's walk" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: drunkard's walks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} drunkard's walk (plural drunkard's walks)
  1. (mathematics, idiomatic) A type of random walk in which termination conditions lead to a biased ending state. Wikidata QID: Q1261325 Tags: idiomatic Hypernyms: random walk
    Sense id: en-drunkard's_walk-en-noun-en:Q1261325 Categories (other): Mathematics, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Topics: mathematics, sciences
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drunkard, 's, walk: how a drunk person ambulates.
    Sense id: en-drunkard's_walk-en-noun-en:literal Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 66

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