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Markovian

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • US: /mɑɹˈkoʊvi.ən/
  • CMU ARPABET: M AA2 R K OW1 V IY2 AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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adj

Meaning 1

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics

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adj

Meaning 2

Alternative letter-case form of Markovian.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of

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adjective

Meaning 3

relating to or generated by a Markov process

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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History

Etymology

From Markov + -ian, named for the Russian mathematician Andrey Markov.

Across languages

Translations

1 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Hebrew: מרקובי (markóvi) — Exhibiting the Markov property