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ran·dom (ran′dəm)

noun

impetuous and haphazard movement: now only in at random, without careful choice, aim, plan, etc.; haphazardly

Etymology: ME randoun < OFr randon, violence, speed (in a randon, violently) < randir, to run violently < Frank *rant, a running, akin to OHG rinnan, to run

adjective

  1. lacking aim or method; purposeless; haphazard
  2. not uniform; esp., of different sizes: said of stones, etc. in certain types of masonry
  3. Statistics of statistical sample selection in which all possible samples have equal probability of selection

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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