random

IPA: rˈændʌm

A roving motion; course without definite direction; lack of rule or method; chance.
(obsolete) Speed, full speed; impetuosity, force.
1548, Edward Hall, “The triumphant reigne of Kyng Henry the VIII”, in The Union of the two noble and Illustre Famelies of Lancastre and Yorke (Hall’s Chronicle), page 82v:
(obsolete) The full range of a bullet or other projectile; hence, the angle at which a weapon is tilted to allow the greatest range.
(figuratively, colloquial) An undefined, unknown or unimportant person; a person of no consequence.
(mining) The direction of a rake-vein.
(printing, historical) A frame for composing type.

Having unpredictable outcomes and, in the ideal case, all outcomes equally probable; resulting from such selection; lacking statistical correlation.
(mathematics) Of or relating to probability distribution.
(computing) Pseudorandom; mimicking the result of random selection.
(somewhat colloquial) Representative and undistinguished; typical and average; selected for no particular reason.
(somewhat colloquial) Apropos of nothing; lacking context; unexpected; having apparent lack of plan, cause, or reason.
(colloquial) Characterized by or often saying random things; habitually using non sequiturs.
(UK, slang) Being out of the ordinary; unusual or unexpected; odd, strange, bizarre.

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