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1. Random
   Is a condition in finance or economics whereby changes occur on a probabilistic basis. The underlying probability function may be known or unknown.
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2. Random
   Refers to events that are, in principle, haphazard and unpredictable. See also chance.
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3. random
   [Adjective] By chance, without any plan.
   Example: Each week I pick my lottery numbers at random.
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4. Random
   Refers to events that are, in principle, haphazard and unpredictable. See also chance.
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5. random
   [adj] - taken haphazardly 2. [adj] - lacking any definite plan or order or purpose
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6. random
   [adj] - taken haphazardly 2. [adj] - lacking any definite plan or order or purpose
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7. Random
   By chance.
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8. random
   1. Unpredictable (closest to mathematical definition); weird. "The system's been behaving pretty randomly." 2. Assorted; undistinguished. "Who was at the conference?" "Just a bunch of random business types." 3. (pejorative) Frivolous; unproductive; undirected. "He's just a random loser." 4. Incoherent or inelegant; poorly chosen; not well organis…
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9. Random
   Random: The process by which an outcome is determined solely by chance, for example, by a coin flip. A randomized controlled trial is a clinical trial that involves at least one test treatment and one control treatment and in which the treatments to be administered are selected by a random process, such as the use of a table of random numbers. The …
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10. random
    this word may be taken as representing an undefined idea,or,if defined,must be expressed in terms of the concept of probability.A process of selection applied to a set of objects is said to be random of it gives to each one a known and non-zero chance of being chosen.Generally,the use of the word 'random' implies that the process under consideration is in some sense probabilistic Category: Math…
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11. Random
    Definition (keystage 2) A term used in probability, relating to things that happen by chance. It means that there is no special pattern to the items or numbers that are selected or chosen, that is, they happen in a haphazard way.
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12. Random
    Definition (keystage 3) Determined by chance rather than by any definite predictable process.
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13. Random
    Ran"dom (răn"dŭm) noun [ Middle English randon , Old French randon force, violence, rapidity, à randon , de randon , violently, suddenly, rapidly, probably of German origin; confer German rand edge, border, Old High German rant shield, edge of a shield, akin to English rand , noun See Rand , noun ] 1.< …
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14. Random
    Ran"dom adjective Going at random or by chance; done or made at hazard, or without settled direction, aim, or purpose; hazarded without previous calculation; left to chance; haphazard; as, a random guess. « Some random truths he can impart.» Wordsworth. « So sharp a spur to the lazy, and so strong a bridle to the random .» H. Spencer. < …
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15. random
    1. Force; violence. "For courageously the two kings newly fought with great random and force." (E. Hall) ... 2. A roving motion; course without definite direction; want of direction, rule, or method; hazard; chance; commonly used in the phrase at random, that is, without a settled point of direction; at hazard. "Counsels, when they fly At random, so …
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16. random
    adjective taken haphazardly; `a random choice`
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17. random
    adjective lacking any definite plan or order or purpose; governed by or depending on chance; `a random choice`; `bombs fell at random`; `random movements`
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18. random
    Not completely predetermined by the other variables available. Examples: Consider the function plus(x,y) which we define to have the value x+y. Every time one applies this function to a given x and y, it would give the same answer. Such a function is deterministic, that is, nonrandom. Consider by contrast the function N(0,1) which we define to give...
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19. random
    (ran´dәm) pertaining to a chance-dependent process.
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20. Random
    • (n.) The direction of a rake-vein. • (n.) Force; violence. • (a.) Going at random or by chance; done or made at hazard, or without settled direction, aim, or purpose; hazarded without previous calculation; left to chance; haphazard; as, a random guess. • (n.) Distance to which a missile is cast; range; reach; as, the random of...
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21. random
    random 1. Proceeding, made, or occurring without definite aim, reason, or pattern: "They made random selections of people who could participate in the TV quiz." 2. Characterizing a process of selection in which each item of a set has an equal probability of being chosen. 3. In building construction: with reference to building materials; lacking uniform...
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22. random
    Governed by chance; used of a process in which the outcome is indeterminate but may assume any of a set of values (the domain) with probabilities specifiable in advance. While the random process is widely used in probability theory, empiric justification for the term is more complicated. The minimum requirement is that repeated realization of the...
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23. Random
    Process or event that occurs by chance.
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24. random
    pertaining to an entity that may take any of the values of a specified set, each value achieved being unpredictable and governed by chance
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25. random
    Without cause; not compressible; obeying the statistics of a fair coin toss. Related entries • random number • random walk
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