"random number" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɹæn.dəm ˈnʌm.bɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-random number.wav Forms: random numbers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} random number (plural random numbers)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see random, number. Derived forms: random number generator, pseudorandom number
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  2. A number allotted randomly using suitable generator (electronic machine or as simple "generator" as die). Translations (number allotted randomly using a suitable generator): nombre aleatori [masculine] (Catalan), 亂數 (Chinese Mandarin), 乱数 (luànshù) (Chinese Mandarin), 隨機數 (Chinese Mandarin), 随机数 (suíjīshù) [China] (Chinese Mandarin), náhodné číslo [neuter] (Czech), satunnaisluku (Finnish), nombre aléatoire [masculine] (French), Zufallszahl [feminine] (German), מִסְפָּר אַקְרַאי (mispar akrai) [masculine] (Hebrew), véletlen szám (Hungarian), slembitala [feminine] (Icelandic), hendingartala [feminine] (Icelandic), angka acak (Indonesian), 乱数 (ransū) (alt: らんすう) (Japanese), 난수 (nansu) (Korean), nombor rawak (Malay), tau matapōkere (Maori), tau tupurangi (Maori), liczba losowa [feminine] (Polish), número aleatório [masculine] (Portuguese), случа́йное число́ (slučájnoje čisló) [neuter] (Russian), случајни број [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), slučajni broj [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), náhodné číslo [neuter] (Slovak), número aleatorio [masculine] (Spanish), slumptal [neuter] (Swedish), випадко́ве число́ (vypadkóve čysló) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
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  3. A number selected based on a uniform distribution, typically using a suitable generator (for example, rolling a die).
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  4. A pseudorandom number.
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