random: Meaning and Definition of

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1. proceeding, made, or occurring without definite aim, reason, or pattern: the random selection of numbers.
2. of or characterizing a process of selection in which each item of a set has an equal probability of being chosen.
3. random shingles.
1. (of building materials) lacking uniformity of dimensions:random shingles.
2. (of ashlar) laid without continuous courses.
3. constructed or applied without regularity:random bond.

1. bank (def. 7b).
2. without definite aim, purpose, method, or adherence to a prior arrangement; in a haphazard way: Contestants were chosen at random from the studio audience.

1. without uniformity: random-sized slates.