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arbitraire — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • arbitrary adj Based on personal choice or chance rather than any clear reason, rule, or system.

Senses

arbitraire is used for these senses in English:

  • arbitrary (mathematics) Any, out of all that are possible.

arbitrary — full definition

  1. adj Based on personal choice or chance rather than any clear reason, rule, or system.
  2. adj Used, in mathematics and logic, to mean "any one you like" out of all the possibilities — not random in the everyday sense, but unspecified.

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