noun, verb — 6 senses
Etymology From Middle French martingale, from Occitan martegalo, feminine form of martegal, an inhabitant of Martigues, which is from Latin maritima. Possibly merged with Spanish almártaga. The meaning in gambling may come from an old usage of à la martingale to mean absurdly or foolishly.https://people.math.harvard.edu/~ctm/home/text/class/sem/html/home/notes/martingales/martingales.pdf
Equestrianism, Hobbies, Horses, Lifestyle, Pets, Sports A piece of harness used on a horse to keep it from raising its head above a desired point.
Mathematics, Sciences A stochastic process for which the conditional expectation of future values given the sequence of all prior values is equal to the current value.
Fencing, Government, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Martial arts, Military, Politics, Sports, War A strap attached to the sword handle, preventing a sword being dropped if disarmed.
Etymology From Middle French martingale, from Occitan martegalo, feminine form of martegal, an inhabitant of Martigues, which is from Latin maritima. Possibly merged with Spanish almártaga. The meaning in gambling may come from an old usage of à la martingale to mean absurdly or foolishly.https://people.math.harvard.edu/~ctm/home/text/class/sem/html/home/notes/martingales/martingales.pdf
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