Synonyms for randomness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ran-duhm |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈræn dəm |
Définition of randomness
Origin :- "having no definite aim or purpose," 1650s, from at random (1560s), "at great speed" (thus, "carelessly, haphazardly"), alteration of Middle English noun randon "impetuosity, speed" (c.1300), from Old French randon "rush, disorder, force, impetuosity," from randir "to run fast," from Frankish *rant "a running" or some other Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *randa (cf. Old High German rennen "to run," Old English rinnan "to flow, to run;" see run (v.)).
- In 1980s U.S. college student slang it began to acquire a sense of "inferior, undesirable." (A 1980 William Safire column describes it as a college slang noun meaning "person who does not belong on our dormitory floor.") Random access in reference to computer memory is recorded from 1953. Related: Randomly; randomness.
- noun unpredictability
- It is obvious that a language cannot go beyond a certain point in this randomness.
- Extract from : « Language » by Edward Sapir
- This was an impressive change that introduced a linear relation in a realm that was one of randomness or even chaos.
- Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin
- Reduction from practically infinite choices to a finite number of realizations is at best a matter of randomness and exposure.
- Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin
- Filled with 400 rods placed equidistantly, the lightning field is the interplay between precision and randomness.
- Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin
Antonyms for randomness
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