"randomness" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɹændəmnəs/ Audio: En-us-randomness.ogg [US] Forms: randomnesses [plural]
Etymology: random + -ness Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|random|ness}} random + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} randomness (usually uncountable, plural randomnesses)
  1. The property of all possible outcomes being equally likely. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (property of all possible outcomes being equally likely): 隨機性 (Chinese Mandarin), 随机性 (suíjīxìng) (Chinese Mandarin), náhodnost [feminine] (Czech), hasard [masculine] (French), Zufälligkeit [feminine] (German), randamacht [feminine] (Irish), losowość [feminine] (Polish), náhodnosť (Slovak)
    Sense id: en-randomness-en-noun-GBERlDHa Disambiguation of 'property of all possible outcomes being equally likely': 98 2 0
  2. (mathematics) A type of circumstance or event that is described by a probability distribution. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Mathematics Translations (type of circumstance or event that is described by a probability distribution): aléatoire [masculine] (French), aléa [masculine] (French), hasard [masculine] (French), randamacht [feminine] (Irish), náhodnosť (Slovak), slumpmässighet [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-randomness-en-noun-FSutXdHX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 74 3 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 14 75 11 Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'type of circumstance or event that is described by a probability distribution': 2 96 2
  3. A measure of the lack of purpose, logic, or objectivity of an event. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (measure of the lack of purpose, logic, or objectivity of an event): nahodilost [feminine] (Czech), libovolnost [feminine] (Czech), náhodnosť (Slovak)
    Sense id: en-randomness-en-noun-V7O2uyQc Disambiguation of 'measure of the lack of purpose, logic, or objectivity of an event': 0 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: algorithmic randomness, Kolmogorov randomness, pseudo-randomness, statistical randomness Related terms: random, at random

Inflected forms

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