nonrandom
/ˌnɑnˈɹændəm/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.44 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Not random; caused or manipulated; arranged.
Example Sentences
- "The apparent accident was a nonrandom event: someone carefully arranged it to happen when and where it did."
- "The evidence presented indicates that the regional variations in uranium content in rhyolitic and dacitic rocks are nonrandom in nature."
- "As an example of the method, table 1 summarizes the computations used in estimating the variance of the random component of early fall lettuce yields in California for the years 1918–57. The question is: Beginning with which difference is it reasonably certain that the nonrandom element has been eliminated, leaving an estimate of the random variance?"
- "Confidence intervals can be used to isolate areas of discrepancies if bias exist as being a result of either a 'nonrandom selection technique or a non-representative selection list."
- "There is no need to consider those individuals who survive the process of nonrandom elimination to be the products fo a goal-directed process."
- "However, it should be noted that theoretically, the apparent nonrandom distance of the dispersal has evolved because of its advantage to the species."
Etymology
Etymology tree English non- 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 English nonrandom From non- + random.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌnɑnˈɹændəm/
- British English: /ˌnɒnˈɹændəm/