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random numbers

random numbers is the plural of random number.

Meaning of random number

Noun

random number (plural random numbers)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see random, number.
  2. A number allotted randomly using suitable generator (electronic machine or as simple "generator" as die).
  3. A number selected based on a uniform distribution, typically using a suitable generator (for example, rolling a die).
    • Tossing a coin is a classical procedure for producing a random number .... Tossing a coin 20 times can produce any one of 2²⁰ ... binary series, and each of them has exactly the same probability.1975, Gregory Chaitin, "Randomness and Mathematical Proof", Scientific American, (232), May 1975, pp. 47–52, reprinted in Information, Randomness & Incompleteness: Papers on Algorithmic Information...
  4. A pseudorandom number.
    • The generation of random numbers is too important to be left to chance.1970, Robert Coveyou (attributed)

Questions about random numbers

What is random numbers the plural of?
Random numbers is the plural of random number.

Words near random numbers in the dictionary

  1. random number
  2. random number generator
  3. random number generators
  4. random number god
  5. random number gods
  6. random numbers
  7. random process
  8. random processes
  9. random sample
  10. random samples
  11. random seed

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