Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

randomness

/ˈɹæn.dəm.nəs/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.90 in modern English

Syllables: ran-dom-ness
IPA: /ˈɹæn.dəm.nəs/

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The property of all possible outcomes being equally likely.

Uncountable

noun

A type of circumstance or event that is described by a probability distribution.

Uncountable

noun

A measure of the lack of purpose, logic, or objectivity of an event.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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.""

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH-der. Proto-Germanic *rinnaną Proto-West Germanic *rinnan Frankish *randijubor. Old French randirder. Old French randonbor. Middle English randoun English randon English random Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English randomness From random + -ness.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

randomnesses (plural)

Phrases

algorithmic randomness Kolmogorov randomness pseudo-randomness statistical randomness at random

Frequently Paired Words

random at random

Synonyms

haphazardness stochasticity noise entropy s

Questions

How do you pronounce randomness?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹæn.dəm.nəs/.
What does randomness mean?: The property of all possible outcomes being equally likely.
Where does randomness come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH-der. Proto-Germanic *rinnaną Proto-West Germanic *rinnan Frankish *randijubor. Old French randirder. Old French randonbor. Middle English randoun English randon English random Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English randomness From random + -ness.

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