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random

/ˈɹændəm/

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noun

A roving motion; course without definite direction; lack of rule or method; chance.

Examples :

"The random movements of the children in the playground made it hard for the teacher to keep track of them. "

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noun

Speed, full speed; impetuosity, force.

Examples :

"The random of the storm surprised everyone; the wind tore through the trees with incredible force. "

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noun

The full range of a bullet or other projectile; hence, the angle at which a weapon is tilted to allow the greatest range.

Examples :

"The archer adjusted the bow's random to hit the target farther away. "

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noun

An undefined, unknown or unimportant person; a person of no consequence.

Examples :

"The party was boring. It was full of randoms."

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noun

The direction of a rake-vein.

Examples :

"The geologist noted the random of the mineral vein in the rock sample. "

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adjective

Having unpredictable outcomes and, in the ideal case, all outcomes equally probable; resulting from such selection; lacking statistical correlation.

Examples :

"The flip of a fair coin is purely random."

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adjective

Of or relating to probability distribution.

Examples :

"A toss of loaded dice is still random, though biased."

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Pseudorandom; mimicking the result of random selection.

Examples :

"The computer program generated a random list of student names for the presentation order. "

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adjective

(somewhat colloquial) Representative and undistinguished; typical and average; selected for no particular reason.

Examples :

"The new student was a random example of a typical first-year. "

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(somewhat colloquial) Apropos of nothing; lacking context; unexpected; having apparent lack of plan, cause or reason.

Examples :

"That was a completely random comment."

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Characterized by or often saying random things; habitually using non sequiturs.

Examples :

"My sister is very random; she'll talk about the weather, then suddenly start talking about her favorite movie. "

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