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aleatory
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a·le·a·to·ry  (l--tôr, -tr)
adj.
1. Dependent on chance, luck, or an uncertain outcome: an aleatory contract between an oil prospector and a landowner.
2. Of or characterized by gambling: aleatory contests.
3. also a·le·a·to·ric (l--tôrk, -tr-) Music Using or consisting of sounds to be chosen by the performer or left to chance; indeterminate: An object placed inside the piano added an aleatory element to the piece.
[Latin letrius, from letor, gambler, from lea, game of chance, die.]
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Adj.1.aleatory - dependent on chance; "the aleatory element in life"
unpredictable - not capable of being foretold
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This poetics of the chance encounter, this serendipity that is Kelly's own, has its counterpoint in the aleatoric procedures he would elaborate, notably in the early '50s, during his time in Paris.
Ghosts of chance by Criqui, Jean-Pierre / Artforum International
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