- of or depending on chance, luck, or contingency
- aleatoric
Origin of aleatory
Classical Latin aleatorius, of gambling from aleator, gambler from alea, chance, a dice gamealeatory
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aleatory
adjective
- Dependent on chance, luck, or an uncertain outcome: an aleatory contract between an oil prospector and a landowner.
- Of or characterized by gambling: aleatory contests.
- also a·le·a·to·ric Music Using or consisting of sounds to be chosen by the performer or left to chance; indeterminate: An object placed inside the piano added an aleatory element to the piece.
Origin of aleatory
Latin āleātōrius from āleātor gambler from ālea game of chance, dieTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Origin
From Latin āleātōrius, from āleātor (“dice-player”), from ālea (“a die”).
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aleatory - Legal Definition
adj
Dependant on the
occurrence of an uncertain contingent event.
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