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randomness — random ► ADJECTIVE 1) made, done, or happening without method or conscious decision. 2) Statistics governed by or involving equal chances for each item. DERIVATIVES randomize (also randomise) verb randomly adverb randomness noun. ORIGIN orig … English terms dictionary
randomness — noun /ˈrændəmnəs/ a) The property of all possible outcomes being equally likely. There was no randomness in the teachers selection of the class representative. b) A type of circumstance or event that is described by a probability distribution.… … Wiktionary
randomness — noun see random II … New Collegiate Dictionary
randomness — noun 1. (thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work entropy increases as matter and energy in the universe degrade to an ultimate state of inert… … Useful english dictionary
algorithmic randomness — noun Informally, the property of a string being not longer than any computer program that can produce that string; that is, the property of a string being incompressible. Syn: Kolmogorov randomness See Also: statistical randomness … Wiktionary
statistical randomness — noun Informally, the property of a numeric sequence of containing no recognizable patterns or regularities; exemplified in the results of an ideal die roll, or the digits of π (as far as we can tell). See Also: algorithmic randomness … Wiktionary
Kolmogorov randomness — noun Informally, the property of a string being not longer than any computer program that can produce that string; that is, the property of a string being incompressible. Syn: algorithmic randomness … Wiktionary
random — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, succession, surge, from Anglo French randun, from Old French randir to run, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German rinnan to run more at run Date: 1561 a haphazard course II. adjective Date: 1632 1. a.… … New Collegiate Dictionary
random — adjective 1》 made, done, or happening without method or conscious decision. ↘Brit. informal rather strange; odd. 2》 Statistics governed by or involving equal chances for each item. 3》 (of masonry) with stones of irregular size and shape.… … English new terms dictionary
random — /ˈrændəm / (say randuhm) adjective 1. going, made, occurring, etc., without definite aim, purpose, or reason. 2. not according to a pattern or method. 3. randomised: random sampling. 4. Building Trades (of slates, blocks, paving stones, etc.)… …
random — adjective 1 happening or chosen without any definite plan, aim, or pattern: a random sample | random drug testing of athletes | A few random shots were fired. 2 at random in a random way: The killer appears to have selected his victims at random … Longman dictionary of contemporary English