Dictionary

randomness en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈɹæn.dəm.nəs/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH-der. Proto-Germanic *rinnaną Proto-West Germanic *rinnan Frankish *randijubor. Old French randirder. Old French randonbor. Middle English randoun English randon English random Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English randomness From random + -ness.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) The property of all possible outcomes being equally likely.
2. (uncountable, usually) A type of circumstance or event that is described by a probability distribution.
3. (uncountable, usually) A measure of the lack of purpose, logic, or objectivity of an event.
   • "[…] We were seeing a randomness about failures that was very hard to manage, but with a better understanding we're able to prioritise more effectively." 2023 June 14, Philip Haigh, “Landslips: NR strives to turn back the tide”, in RAIL, number 985, page 35:
   • There was no randomness in the teacher's selection of the class representative.

Forms

Deriveds

Kolmogorov randomness · statistical randomness · pseudo-randomness · algorithmic randomness

Relateds

random · at random

Translations (20)

de Zufälligkeit (property of all possible outcomes being equally likely) · th ความไม่มีแบบแผน (property of all possible outcomes being equally likely) · fr aléa (type of circumstance or event that is described by a probability distribution) · cmn 隨機性 /随机性 (property of all possible outcomes being equally likely) · sv slumpmässighet (type of circumstance or event that is described by a probability distribution) · pl losowość (property of all possible outcomes being equally likely) · sk náhodnosť (type of circumstance or event that is described by a probability distribution) · th การคาดเดาไม่ได้ (property of all possible outcomes being equally likely) · cs libovolnost (measure of the lack of purpose, logic, or objectivity of an event) · fr hasard (property of all possible outcomes being equally likely) · sk náhodnosť (measure of the lack of purpose, logic, or objectivity of an event) · cs náhodnost (property of all possible outcomes being equally likely) · ga randamacht (type of circumstance or event that is described by a probability distribution) · ga randamacht (property of all possible outcomes being equally likely) · cs nahodilost (measure of the lack of purpose, logic, or objectivity of an event) · fr hasard (type of circumstance or event that is described by a probability distribution) · sk náhodnosť (property of all possible outcomes being equally likely) · fr aléatoire (type of circumstance or event that is described by a probability distribution) · th การทำนายไม่ได้ (property of all possible outcomes being equally likely) · pt aleatoriedade (property of all possible outcomes being equally likely)