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aleatoric

UK/eɪliːəˈtɔəɹɪk/

aleatoric adjective: having an element of chance.

Adjective

aleatoric (comparative more aleatoric, superlative most aleatoric)

  1. Having an element of chance.
  2. (not comparable) Of or pertaining to works that have been produced with an element of chance (aleatoricism).
    • aleatoric music
    • Some artists, like John Cage, have adopted aleatoric methods of composition in order to remove any trace of authorial expression from their work.2005, Noël Carroll, “Formalism”, in The Routledge Companion to Aesthetics, eds. Berys Gaut and Dominic McIver Lopes (Master e-book IBSN 0203991923), page 89

Forms of aleatoric

comparativemore aleatoric
superlativemost aleatoric

Origin of aleatoric

From Latin āleātōrius (see aleatory) + -ic.

Words formed from aleatoric

Questions about aleatoric

What does aleatoric mean?
Aleatoric means having an element of chance.
What part of speech is aleatoric?
Aleatoric is an adjective.
How do you pronounce aleatoric?
Aleatoric is pronounced /eɪliːəˈtɔəɹɪk/ (UK).

Words near aleatoric in the dictionary

  1. ale-wives
  2. Alea
  3. Aleah
  4. aleak
  5. aleation
  6. aleatoric
  7. aleatorically
  8. aleatoricism
  9. aleatoricist
  10. aleatoricists
  11. aleatorily

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