randomness

ran·dom  (rndm)

adj.

1. Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective: random movements. See Synonyms at chance.

2. Mathematics & Statistics Of or relating to a type of circumstance or event that is described by a probability distribution.

3. Of or relating to an event in which all outcomes are equally likely, as in the testing of a blood sample for the presence of a substance.

Idiom:

at random

Without a governing design, method, or purpose; unsystematically: chose a card at random from the deck.

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[From at random, by chance, at great speed, from Middle English randon, speed, violence, from Old French, from randir, to run, of Germanic origin.]

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random·ly adv.

random·ness n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	randomness - (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" entropy, S physical property - any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactions conformational entropy - entropy calculated from the probability that a state could be reached by chance alone thermodynamics - the branch of physics concerned with the conversion of different forms of energy
	2.	randomness - the quality of lacking any predictable order or plan haphazardness, stochasticity, noise unregularity, irregularity - not characterized by a fixed principle or rate; at irregular intervals ergodicity - an attribute of stochastic systems; generally, a system that tends in probability to a limiting form that is independent of the initial conditions

Translations

randomness [ˈrændəmnɪs] N → aleatoriedad f

randomness [ˈrændəmnɪs] n → caractère m aléatoire
the apparent randomness of sth → le caractère apparemment aléatoire de qch
random number n → nombre m aléatoire