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randomness

/ˈɹæn.dəm.nəs/

randomness noun: the property of all possible outcomes being equally likely.

Noun

randomness (usually uncountable, plural randomnesses)

  1. (usually) The property of all possible outcomes being equally likely.
  2. (usually) A type of circumstance or event that is described by a probability distribution.
  3. (usually) A measure of the lack of purpose, logic, or objectivity of an event.
    • There was no randomness in the teacher's selection of the class representative.
    • "[…] We were seeing a randomness about failures that was very hard to manage, but with a better understanding we're able to prioritise more effectively."2023 June 14, Philip Haigh, “Landslips: NR strives to turn back the tide”, in RAIL, number 985, page 35

randomness meaning in Tamil and Thai

randomness in Tamil

சீரற்ற இயல்பு, தன்னிச்சை இயல்பு, முருட்டு, எழுந்தபடியெடுக்குந்தன்மை, ஒழுங்கில்தன்மை

randomness in Thai

property of all possible outcomes being equally likely
ความไม่มีแบบแผน, การคาดเดาไม่ได้, การทำนายไม่ได้

Examples of randomness in a sentence

  • Finally, we consider autoreducibility for ITRMs and show that randomness implies non-autoreducibility..
  • This randomness in the behaviour of the microworld came as a shock because, until this point, science was resolutely deterministic.
  • The properties of the hypernetwork model are summarized as three aspects: glocality, compositionality and self association based on randomness and recall.

All 10 example sentences with randomness

Forms of randomness

pluralrandomnesses

Origin of randomness

From random + -ness.

Words formed from randomness

Questions about randomness

What does randomness mean?
Randomness means the property of all possible outcomes being equally likely.
What is randomness in Tamil?
Randomness in Tamil is சீரற்ற இயல்பு, தன்னிச்சை இயல்பு, முருட்டு. See Randomness meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is randomness?
Randomness is a noun.
How do you pronounce randomness?
Randomness is pronounced /ˈɹæn.dəm.nəs/.
What is the plural of randomness?
The plural of randomness is randomnesses.

Words near randomness in the dictionary

  1. randomizes
  2. randomizing
  3. randomless
  4. randomlike
  5. randomly
  6. randomness
  7. randomnesses
  8. randomosity
  9. randoms
  10. randomwise
  11. randon

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Adapted from Wiktionary: randomness (page history and authors); randomness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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