random
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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
- lacking aim or method; purposeless; haphazard
- not uniform; esp., of different sizes: said of stones, etc. in certain types of masonry
- Statistics of statistical sample selection in which all possible samples have equal probability of selection
Related Forms:
- randomly ran′·domly adverb
- randomness ran′·dom·ness noun
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