Random
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Random
Noun
- A roving motion; course without definite direction; lack of rule or method; chance.
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- The full range of a bullet or other projectile; hence, the angle at which a weapon is tilted to allow the greatest range.
- An undefined, unknown or unimportant person; a person of no consequence.
"The party was boring. It was full of randoms."
- The direction of a rake-vein.
Adjective
- Occurring for no particular reason; haphazard, unpredictable.
"Our city is plagued by random acts of violence."
- 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.
"The flip of a fair coin is purely random."
- Pseudorandom; mimicking the result of random selection.
"The rand function generates a random number from a seed."
- Selected for no particular reason; arbitrary; unspecified.
"A random American off the street couldn't tell the difference."
- Being (part of) a varied, unrelated, and apparently arbitrary collection of things; diverse, heterogeneous.
"My notebook has turned into a random collection of thoughts."
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