random
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/ˈɹændəm/
English
Definitions
noun
- A roving motion; course without definite direction; lack of rule or method; chance.
- Speed, full speed; impetuosity, force.
- The full range of a bullet or other projectile; hence, the angle at which a weapon is tilted to allow the greatest range.
- An undefined, unknown or unimportant person; a person of no consequence.“The party was boring. It was full of randoms.”
adjective
- Having unpredictable outcomes and, in the ideal case, all outcomes equally probable; resulting from such selection; lacking statistical correlation.“The flip of a fair coin is purely random.”
- Of or relating to probability distribution.“A toss of loaded dice is still random, though biased.”
- Pseudorandom; mimicking the result of random selection.
- (somewhat colloquial) Representative and undistinguished; typical and average; selected for no particular reason.“A random American off the street couldn't tell the difference.”
Related words
Synonyms
forcemomentumspeedvelocitynobodynonentityrandoaleatoryarbitraryunexpectedunplannedstochasticpseudorandomaveragetypicalhit-or-misshaphazardunselected
Associated
randomnessvariablescovariancevariablepoissonpermutationdeterministicprobabilityvariancesamplinggaussian