nonrandom
UK/ˌnɒnˈɹændəm/US/ˌnɑnˈɹændəm/
nonrandom adjective: not random; caused or manipulated; arranged.
Adjective
nonrandom (not comparable)
- Not random; caused or manipulated; arranged.
- The apparent accident was a nonrandom event: someone carefully arranged it to happen when and where it did.
- The evidence presented indicates that the regional variations in uranium content in rhyolitic and dacitic rocks are nonrandom in nature.1956, Geological Survey Professional Paper, Volume 300, U.S. Government Printing Office, page 77
Examples of nonrandom in a sentence
- The question is: Beginning with which difference is it reasonably certain that the nonrandom element has been eliminated, leaving an estimate of the random variance?1958, Agricultural Economics Research, Volumes 10-12, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economics, Statistics, and Cooperatives Service, page...
- Confidence intervals can be used to isolate areas of discrepancies if bias exist as being a result of either a 'nonrandom selection technique or a non-representative selection list.1969, United States Congress, Congressional Record, Washington, Congress, page 11565:
- There is no need to consider those individuals who survive the process of nonrandom elimination to be the products fo a goal-directed process.1998, Ernst Mayr, This Is Biology: The Science of the Living World, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 189:
- However, it should be noted that theoretically, the apparent nonrandom distance of the dispersal has evolved because of its advantage to the species.2000, United States Bureau of Biological Survey, United States Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service...
Forms of nonrandom
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Origin of nonrandom
From non- + random.
Words formed from nonrandom
Questions about nonrandom
- What does nonrandom mean?
- Nonrandom means not random; caused or manipulated; arranged.
- How do you use nonrandom in a sentence?
- The question is: Beginning with which difference is it reasonably certain that the nonrandom element has been eliminated, leaving an estimate of the random variance?
- What part of speech is nonrandom?
- Nonrandom is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce nonrandom?
- Nonrandom is pronounced /ˌnɑnˈɹændəm/ (US).
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