"ergodic" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɜɹˈɡɑdɪk/, /ɜɹˈɡoʊdɪk/ Audio: En-US ergodic.ogg Forms: more ergodic [comparative], most ergodic [superlative]
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary ergo- + -ode (+ -ic). The etymological origin is disputed: ἔργον (érgon) + ὁδός (hodós, “way”) versus ἔργον (érgon) + εἶδος (eîdos, “image”). Etymology templates: {{confix|en|ergo|ode}} ergo- + -ode, {{af|grc|ἔργον|ὁδός|nocat=1|t2=way}} ἔργον (érgon) + ὁδός (hodós, “way”), {{af|grc|ἔργον|εἶδος|nocat=1|t2=image}} ἔργον (érgon) + εἶδος (eîdos, “image”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} ergodic (comparative more ergodic, superlative most ergodic)
  1. (mathematics, physics) Of or relating to certain systems that, given enough time, will eventually return to a previously experienced state. Categories (topical): Mathematics, Physics Translations (of or relating to certain systems that, given enough time, will eventually return to previously experienced state): ergodique (French), ergodisch (German), εργοδικός (ergodikós) (Greek), ergodico (Italian), ergodisk (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-ergodic-en-adj-Ngdrjh5z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with ergo-, English terms suffixed with -ode, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 25 31 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with ergo-: 45 22 33 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ode: 62 16 22 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 65 19 17 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 63 17 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 50 24 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 69 14 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 54 19 27 Topics: mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics, sciences Disambiguation of 'of or relating to certain systems that, given enough time, will eventually return to previously experienced state': 95 3 2
  2. (statistics, engineering) Of or relating to a process in which every sequence or sample of sufficient size is equally representative of the whole. Categories (topical): Engineering, Statistics
    Sense id: en-ergodic-en-adj-rPdCu8-g Topics: engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, statistics
  3. (literature, information science) Of or relating to a literary work that requires nontrivial effort on the reader's part to traverse. Categories (topical): Information science, Literature
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ergodic hypothesis, ergodicity, ergodic theory

Alternative forms

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