probabilistic

probabilistic
/prob'euh beuh lis"tik/, adj.
1. Statistics. of or pertaining to probability: probabilistic forecasting.
2. of or pertaining to probabilism.
[1650-60; PROBABIL(ISM) or PROBABIL(ITY) + -ISTIC; cf. F probabiliste believer in probabilism]

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