aleatório — meaning in English
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English meaning
- aleatory adj Depending on the throw of a die; random, arising by chance.
- haphazard adj Done without any clear plan or order; disorganized and random.
- random adj Happening or chosen without any particular pattern, plan, or reason.
- stochastic adjective Involving or governed by chance, so that individual outcomes cannot be predicted exactly even though the pattern of outcomes over many trials can be described by probability.
Senses
aleatório is used for these senses in English:
- aleatory Depending on the throw of a die; random, arising by chance.
- haphazard Random; chaotic; incomplete; not thorough, constant, or consistent.
- random (statistics) Involving an outcome which is impossible to predict, but which may be represented by a probability distribution; in the ideal case, involving outcomes which are equally likely.
- random (computing) Pseudorandom; mimicking the result of random selection.
- random (informal) Apropos of nothing; lacking context, relevance, or any connection to the previous situation; unexpected.
- stochastic Random, randomly determined.
aleatory — full definition
- adj Depending on the throw of a die; random, arising by chance.
- adj Produced with an element of chance (aleatoricism).