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Ergodic vs Ergodicity - What's the difference?

ergodic | ergodicity |

As an adjective ergodic

is (mathematics|physics) of or relating to certain systems that, given enough time, will eventually return to previously experienced state.

As a noun ergodicity is

(uncountable) the condition of being ergodic.

ergodic

English

Adjective

(wikipedia ergodic) (en adjective)
  • (mathematics, physics) Of or relating to certain systems that, given enough time, will eventually return to previously experienced state.
  • (statistics, engineering) Of or relating to a process in which every sequence or sample of sufficient size is equally representative of the whole.

    • Derived terms

    * ergodic hypothesis * ergodic theory

    References

    ergodicity

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The condition of being ergodic
  • (countable) The extent to which something is ergodic

    • Synonyms

    * stochasticity