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randomness
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun randomness has 2 senses
- randomness(n = noun.attribute) entropy, s - (thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work; "entropy increases as matter and energy in the universe degrade to an ultimate state of inert uniformity" is a kind of physical property
- randomness(n = noun.attribute) haphazardness, noise, stochasticity - the quality of lacking any predictable order or plan; Array is a kind of irregularity, unregularity
has particulars: conformational entropy
has particulars: ergodicity
Derived form adjective random1
THESAURUS
randomness
aimlessness, capriciousness, causelessness, chance, chanciness, changeableness, derangement, designlessness, disarrangement, disarray, disarticulation, discomfiture, discomposure, disconcertedness, disharmony, dishevelment, disintegration, disjunction, disorder, disorderliness, disorganization, disproportion, disruption, disturbance, dysteleology, entropy, erraticism, erraticness, fickleness, haphazardness, hesitancy, hesitation, incalculability, incertitude, incoherence, indecision, indecisiveness, indemonstrability, indeterminacy, indetermination, indeterminism, indiscriminateness, inharmonious harmony, irregularity, irresolution, luck, most admired disorder, nonsymmetry, nonuniformity, perturbation, promiscuity, promiscuousness, purposelessness, suspense, suspensefulness, turbulence, unaccountability, uncertainness, uncertainty, uncertainty principle, undecidedness, undeterminedness, unforeseeableness, unpredictability, unprovability, unsureness, unsymmetry, ununiformity, unverifiability, upset, vacillation, whimsicality
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