"Markovian" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /mɑɹˈkoʊvi.ən/ [US]
Etymology: Markov + -ian, named for the Russian mathematician Andrey Markov. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Markov|ian}} Markov + -ian Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} Markovian (not comparable)
  1. (statistics, of a process) Exhibiting the Markov property, in which the conditional probability distribution of future states of the process, given the present state and all past states, depends only upon the present state and not on any past states. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Statistics Derived forms: Markovianity, non-Markovian Translations (Exhibiting the Markov property): מרקובי (markóvi) (Hebrew)

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