# ergodic

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ɜɹˈɡɑdɪk/ · frequency rank #68,196

## Definitions
1. Of or relating to certain systems that, given enough time, will eventually return to a previously experienced state.
2. Of or relating to a process in which every sequence or sample of sufficient size is equally representative of the whole.
3. Of or relating to a literary work that requires nontrivial effort on the reader's part to traverse.

## Etymology
International Scientific Vocabulary ergo- + -ode (+ -ic). The etymological origin is disputed: ἔργον (érgon) + ὁδός (hodós, “way”) versus ἔργον (érgon) + εἶδος (eîdos, “image”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/ergodic