произвольный — meaning in English

English meaning

• arbitrary adj Based on personal choice or chance rather than any clear reason, rule, or system.
• impromptu adj Done without any preparation or planning; spontaneous.
• random adj Happening or chosen without any particular pattern, plan, or reason.

Senses

произвольный is used for these senses in English:

• arbitrary (mathematics) Any, out of all that are possible.
• random (informal) Being (part of) a varied, unrelated, and apparently arbitrary collection of things; diverse, heterogeneous.
• random (informal) Of a person: characterized by or often saying random things; habitually using non sequiturs.

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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