# Poisson process

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A stochastic process in which events occur continually and independently of one another.

## Etymology
From the related concept of Poisson distribution (specifying a bounded subset of the domain of a Poisson process defines a random variable that has a Poisson distribution). See also stochastic process.

## Source
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