Monte Carlo

English

Etymology

Monte (“mountain”) + Carlo (“Charles/Carl”). Named after Charles III of Monaco.

Proper noun

Monte Carlo

1. A part of Monaco famous for its casinos.
2. A commonly served drink consisting of beer and grenadine.
3. (statistics) Shortening of Monte Carlo method.
4. An informal dance competition, where contestants in one quarter of the floor are eliminated by a randomly chosen card representing the corner.

Derived terms

• Monte Carlo algorithm
• Monte Carlo integration
• Monte Carlo method
• Monte Carlo option model

Translations

a part of Monaco

• French: Monte-Carlo
• Ligurian: Mont-Carlu

• Occitan: Montcarles

a drink

in statistics: shortening of Monte Carlo method

an informal dance competition

External links

• Monte Carlo (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Monte Carlo (disambiguation)