randomness

CEFRC1

/ˈɹæn.dəm.nəs/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The quality of lacking a planned pattern or order.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A measure of the lack of purpose, logic, or objectivity of an event.

Examples

  • Some humorists do randomness right, and some are breaded and lightly fried with herbs.

  • Open systems have no randomness.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A type of circumstance or event that is described by a probability distribution.

  2. The property of all possible outcomes being equally likely.

More examples

In context

  • There was no randomness in the teacher's selection of the class representative.

  • "[…] We were seeing a randomness about failures that was very hard to manage, but with a better understanding we're able to prioritise more effectively."

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

The scientist studied the blank of results when flipping a coin many times.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From random + -ness.