Look up: random

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
   By chance.
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7. 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, ...
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8. 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 'r...
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9. 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, bord...
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10. 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 i...
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11. 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...
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12. random
    adjective taken haphazardly; `a random choice`
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13. 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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14. 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 co...
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15. random
    (ran´dәm) pertaining to a chance-dependent process.
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16. 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 ...
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17. 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...
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18. 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. Incohe...
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19. Random
    Process or event that occurs by chance.
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20. 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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21. Random
    Random is American slang for out of the ordinary, eccentric.
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22. Random
    Random is American slang for out of the ordinary, eccentric.
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23. random
    Type: Term Pronunciation: ran′dŏm Definitions: 1. 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. Although the random process is widely used in probability theory, emp...
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24. 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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