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random function

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.37 in modern English

Syllables
ran-dom -func-tion
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A function whose formula is always the same, but whose initial value is chosen at random from a set of possible values (its domain).

noun

A function chosen at random from a set of functions.

noun

A function that returns a random or pseudo-random value that is distributed according to a specific probability distribution associated with the function.

Inflected Forms

random functions (plural)

Questions

What does random function mean?
A function whose formula is always the same, but whose initial value is chosen at random from a set of possible values (its domain).

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