Pronunciation: mär- ' k ō -v ē - ə n, - ' ko ̇ -
Variant: or Mar · kov \ ' mär- ˌ ko ̇ f, - ˌ ko ̇ v \ also Mar · koff \ ' mär- ˌ ko ̇ f \
Function: adjective
Date: 1944
: of, relating to, or resembling a Markov process or Markov chain especially by having probabilities defined in terms of transition from the possible existing states to other states