Meanings
nounhitting time (countable and uncountable, plural hitting times)
plural hitting times
- countableuncountablestochastic processmathematicsThe first moment in time in which a given process "hits" a given subset of the state space.
Synonyms: first hit time
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe first moment in time in which a given process "hits" a given subset of the state space.
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