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Randomness Moderate

Origin: Germanic Old English suffix

Randomness has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

(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"

2

the quality of lacking any predictable order or plan

"The chaotic arrangement of notes on her desk highlighted a complete lack of randomness in how she organizes her thoughts."

3

The property of all possible outcomes being equally likely.

"The coin flip has no bias, so its randomness ensures that heads and tails are truly equally likely to appear."

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
physical property irregularity
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
conformational entropy ergodicity
Rhyming Words
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