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The adjective stochastic describes something that has a random variable. You like to joke that the city buses follow a stochastic schedule because they arrive at random times at the various bus stops.

Definitions of stochastic

Stochastic is from the Greek word stokhastikos, meaning "able to guess," with the root stokhos meaning "a target" — in Greek stokhos literally means "a stick meant for archers to shoot at." The "guess" part of the original Greek work is still part of the word’s meaning today: A stochastic process in a computer program, for example, is one where you can’t predict what is going to happen in the program because of something random in it.

Question

In this question, stochastic is an adjective that means being or having a random variable.

stochastic means :

A. enduring pain and hardship without complaint

B. characteristic of an academic setting

C. being or having a random variable

D. given to using irony to show contempt

Right Answer:- C. being or having a random variable