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RANDOMNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of lacking any predictable order or plan
Synonyms:
haphazardness; noise; randomness; stochasticity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("randomness" is a kind of...):
irregularity; unregularity (not characterized by a fixed principle or rate; at irregular intervals)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "randomness"):
ergodicity (an attribute of stochastic systems; generally, a system that tends in probability to a limiting form that is independent of the initial conditions)
Derivation:
random (lacking any definite plan or order or purpose; governed by or depending on chance)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work
Example:
entropy increases as matter and energy in the universe degrade to an ultimate state of inert uniformity
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("randomness" is a kind of...):
physical property (any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactions)
Domain category:
thermodynamics (the branch of physics concerned with the conversion of different forms of energy)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "randomness"):
conformational entropy (entropy calculated from the probability that a state could be reached by chance alone)
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