1. noun /ˈrændəm/
An undefined, unknown or unimportant person; a person of no consequence.
And therwith two of them dressid their sperys, and Ulfyus and Brastias dressid theire speres, and ranne to gyder with grete raundon.
2. adjective /ˈrændəm/
a) Having unpredictable outcomes and, in the ideal case, all outcomes equally probable; resulting from such selection; lacking statistical correlation.
The flip of a fair coin is purely random.
b) Of or relating to probability distribution.
The newspaper conducted a random sample of five hundred American teenagers.
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