1. relating to or denoting a system in which every possible state is equally likely to occur over time, and the average behavior over time equals the average behavior across all possible states
Usage: technical; mathematics and physics

Examples

• The physicist studied ergodic systems to understand how particles distribute themselves over time.
• In an ergodic process, the long-term average of a single trajectory matches the ensemble average.
• Ergodic theory helps explain why gas molecules eventually fill a container uniformly.
• The model assumes ergodic behavior, meaning all microstates are visited with equal probability.
• Statistical mechanics relies on ergodic principles to connect microscopic and macroscopic properties.