What (who) is randomness - definition
randomness
![In the [[Monty Hall problem]], when the host reveals one door that contains a goat, this provides new information that needs to be factored into the calculation of probabilities.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Monty open door.svg?width=200 "In the [[Monty Hall problem]], when the host reveals one door that contains a goat, this provides new information that needs to be factored into the calculation of probabilities.")
![Ancient [[fresco]] of dice players in [[Pompei]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pompeii - Osteria della Via di Mercurio - Dice Players.jpg?width=200 "Ancient [[fresco]] of dice players in [[Pompei]]")
![pseudorandomly generated]] [[bitmap]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/RandomBitmap.png?width=200 "pseudorandomly generated]] [[bitmap]].")
![The ball in a [[roulette]] can be used as a source of apparent randomness, because its behavior is very sensitive to the initial conditions.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Roulette wheel.jpg?width=200 "The ball in a [[roulette]] can be used as a source of apparent randomness, because its behavior is very sensitive to the initial conditions.")
APPARENT LACK OF PATTERN OR PREDICTABILITY IN EVENTS
Random data; Randomly; Ilogic; Random; By chance; Randomized; Duke Alexander Friedrich Karl of Württemberg; Randomicity; Non-randomness; Random chance; Non-random; Misconceptions about randomness
1. An inexplicable misfeature; gratuitous inelegance.
2. A hack or crock that depends on a complex combination
of coincidences (or, possibly, the combination upon which the
crock depends for its accidental failure to malfunction).
"This hack can output characters 40--57 by putting the
character in the four bit accumulator field of an XCT and then
extracting six bits - the low 2 bits of the XCT opcode are
the right thing." "What randomness!"
3. Of people, synonymous with "flakiness". The connotation is
that the person so described is behaving weirdly,
incompetently, or inappropriately for reasons which are (a)
too tiresome to bother inquiring into, (b) are probably as
inscrutable as quantum phenomena anyway, and (c) are likely to
pass with time. "Maybe he has a real complaint, or maybe it's
just randomness. See if he calls back."
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Randomness
APPARENT LACK OF PATTERN OR PREDICTABILITY IN EVENTS
Random data; Randomly; Ilogic; Random; By chance; Randomized; Duke Alexander Friedrich Karl of Württemberg; Randomicity; Non-randomness; Random chance; Non-random; Misconceptions about randomness
In common usage, randomness is the apparent or actual lack of pattern or predictability in events.The Oxford English Dictionary defines "random" as "Having no definite aim or purpose; not sent or guided in a particular direction; made, done, occurring, etc.
random
APPARENT LACK OF PATTERN OR PREDICTABILITY IN EVENTS
Random data; Randomly; Ilogic; Random; By chance; Randomized; Duke Alexander Friedrich Karl of Württemberg; Randomicity; Non-randomness; Random chance; Non-random; Misconceptions about randomness
¦ adjective
1. made, done, or happening without method or conscious decision.
Brit. informal rather strange; odd.
2. Statistics governed by or involving equal chances for each item.
3. (of masonry) with stones of irregular size and shape.
Derivatives
randomization or randomisation noun
randomize or randomise verb
randomly adverb
randomness noun
Origin
ME (in the sense 'impetuous headlong rush'): from OFr. randon 'great speed', from randir 'gallop', from a Gmc root shared by rand2.
Wikipedia
Randomness
In common usage, randomness is the apparent or actual lack of pattern or predictability in events.The Oxford English Dictionary defines "random" as "Having no definite aim or purpose; not sent or guided in a particular direction; made, done, occurring, etc.
Pronunciation examples for randomness
1. Randomness, randomness.
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2. and randomness.
Creativity & Divine Leadership _ Marianne Williamson _ Talks at Google
3. wired to handle randomness.
Smart Baseball _ Keith Law _ Talks at Google
4. This is just randomness.
Yuval Noah Harari _ 21 Lessons for the 21st Century _ Talks at Google
5. Everything except randomness. She did not believe in randomness.
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Examples of use of randomness
1. Dr O‘Keeffe said: "As human beings we‘re very good at finding a pattern in randomness and related to that we‘re good at finding faces in randomness.
2. But collectively, their randomness forms a mosaic portrait of 21st–century American motherhood.
3. The randomness of her getting where she is has sparked some uncomplimentary remarks.
4. In the short run, randomness rules and investors have to learn to live with that.
5. The test which should be applied to the paintings is that of randomness.