[ { "meta": { "id": "random:1", "uuid": "f8ddb379-9cb5-48a9-a171-5fd4a6302978", "sort": "180410000", "src": "collegiate", "section": "alpha", "stems": [ "random", "randomly" ], "offensive": false }, "hom": 1, "hwi": { "hw": "ran*dom", "prs": [ { "mw": "ˈran-dəm", "sound": { "audio": "random01", "ref": "c", "stat": "1" } } ] }, "fl": "adjective", "def": [ { "sseq": [ [ [ "sense", { "sn": "1 a", "dt": [ [ "text", "{bc}lacking a definite plan, purpose, or pattern" ] ] } ], [ "sense", { "sn": "b", "dt": [ [ "text", "{bc}made, done, or chosen at random " ], [ "vis", [ { "t": "read {wi}random{\/wi} passages from the book" } ] ] ] } ] ], [ [ "sense", { "sn": "2 a", "dt": [ [ "text", "{bc}relating to, having, or being elements or events with definite probability of occurrence " ], [ "vis", [ { "t": "{wi}random{\/wi} processes" } ] ] ] } ], [ "sense", { "sn": "b", "dt": [ [ "text", "{bc}being or relating to a set or to an element of a set each of whose elements has equal probability of occurrence " ], [ "vis", [ { "t": "a {wi}random{\/wi} sample" } ] ] ], "sdsense": { "sd": "also", "dt": [ [ "text", "{bc}characterized by procedures designed to obtain such sets or elements " ], [ "vis", [ { "t": "{wi}random{\/wi} sampling" } ] ] ] } } ] ] ] } ], "uros": [ { "ure": "ran*dom*ly", "fl": "adverb" } ], "syns": [ { "pl": "synonyms", "pt": [ [ "text", "{sc}random{\/sc} {sc}haphazard{\/sc} {sc}casual{\/sc} mean determined by accident rather than design. {sc}random{\/sc} stresses lack of definite aim, fixed goal, or regular procedure. " ], [ "vis", [ { "t": "a {it}random{\/it} selection of books" } ] ], [ "text", " {sc}haphazard{\/sc} applies to what is done without regard for regularity or fitness or ultimate consequence. " ], [ "vis", [ { "t": "a {it}haphazard{\/it} collection of rocks" } ] ], [ "text", " {sc}casual{\/sc} suggests working or acting without deliberation, intention, or purpose. " ], [ "vis", [ { "t": "a {it}casual{\/it} collector" } ] ] ] } ], "date": "1619{ds||1|a|}", "shortdef": [ "lacking a definite plan, purpose, or pattern", "made, done, or chosen at random", "relating to, having, or being elements or events with definite probability of occurrence" ] }, { "meta": { "id": "random:2", "uuid": "fb5578b6-01a2-4466-a504-d0c074c90388", "sort": "180411000", "src": "collegiate", "section": "alpha", "stems": [ "at random", "random", "randoms" ], "offensive": false }, "hom": 2, "hwi": { "hw": "random" }, "fl": "noun", "def": [ { "sseq": [ [ [ "sense", { "dt": [ [ "text", "{bc}a haphazard course" ] ] } ] ] ] } ], "dros": [ { "drp": "at random", "def": [ { "sseq": [ [ [ "sense", { "dt": [ [ "text", "{bc}without definite aim, direction, rule, or method " ], [ "vis", [ { "t": "subjects chosen {it}at random{\/it}" } ] ] ] } ] ] ] } ] } ], "et": [ [ "text", "Middle English, succession, surge, from Anglo-French {it}randun{\/it}, from Old French {it}randir{\/it} to run, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German {it}rinnan{\/it} to run {ma}{mat|run|}{\/ma}" ] ], "date": "1561", "shortdef": [ "a haphazard course" ] }, { "meta": { "id": "random:3", "uuid": "59357a2d-4e97-4f25-991a-3281d6b5466e", "sort": "180412000", "src": "collegiate", "section": "alpha", "stems": [ "random" ], "offensive": false }, "hom": 3, "hwi": { "hw": "random" }, "fl": "adverb", "def": [ { "sseq": [ [ [ "sense", { "dt": [ [ "text", "{bc}in a random manner" ] ] } ] ] ] } ], "date": "1618", "shortdef": [ "in a random manner" ] }, { "meta": { "id": "random-access", "uuid": "ff2e426f-ccac-4c86-88f5-eb85f1923e9b", "sort": "180413000", "src": "collegiate", "section": "alpha", "stems": [ "random-access" ], "offensive": false }, "hwi": { "hw": "ran*dom-ac*cess", "prs": [ { "mw": "ˈran-dəm-ˈak-ˌses", "sound": { "audio": "random-access_1", "ref": "owl", "stat": "1" } } ] }, "fl": "adjective", "def": [ { "sseq": [ [ [ "sense", { "dt": [ [ "text", "{bc}permitting access to stored data in any order the user desires" ] ] } ] ] ] } ], "date": "1953", "shortdef": [ "permitting access to stored data in any order the user desires" ] }, { "meta": { "id": "random-access memory", "uuid": "8defb6f9-94c9-4562-a30b-0ccd63b922c4", "sort": "180414000", "src": "collegiate", "section": "alpha", "stems": [ "random-access memories", "random-access memory" ], "offensive": false }, "hwi": { "hw": "random-access memory" }, "fl": "noun", "def": [ { "sseq": [ [ [ "sense", { "dt": [ [ "text", "{bc}{sx|ram|RAM|}" ] ] } ] ] ] } ], "date": "1953", "shortdef": [ "ram" ] }, { "meta": { "id": "random variable", "uuid": "6c535ad9-d0de-4a02-9cbc-93e815d1df87", "sort": "180417000", "src": "collegiate", "section": "alpha", "stems": [ "random variable", "random variables", "variate" ], "offensive": false }, "hwi": { "hw": "random variable" }, "fl": "noun", "def": [ { "sseq": [ [ [ "sense", { "dt": [ [ "text", "{bc}a variable that is itself a function of the result of a statistical experiment in which each outcome has a definite probability of occurrence " ], [ "ca", { "intro": "called also", "cats": [ { "cat": "variate" } ] } ] ] } ] ] ] } ], "date": "1914", "shortdef": [ "a variable that is itself a function of the result of a statistical experiment in which each outcome has a definite probability of occurrence —called also variate" ] }, { "meta": { "id": "random walk", "uuid": "6220b40e-8cb9-47bb-9bfa-e4abce25b156", "sort": "180418000", "src": "collegiate", "section": "alpha", "stems": [ "random walk", "random walks" ], "offensive": false }, "hwi": { "hw": "random walk" }, "fl": "noun", "def": [ { "sseq": [ [ [ "sense", { "dt": [ [ "text", "{bc}a process (such as Brownian motion or genetic drift) consisting of a sequence of steps (such as movements or changes in gene frequency) each of whose characteristics (such as magnitude and direction) is determined by chance" ] ] } ] ] ] } ], "date": "1905", "shortdef": [ "a process (such as Brownian motion or genetic drift) consisting of a sequence of steps (such as movements or changes in gene frequency) each of whose characteristics (such as magnitude and direction) is determined by chance" ] }, { "meta": { "id": "RAM", "uuid": "bd8c4810-3adc-48cf-ba56-fc2bc4d45204", "sort": "180354000", "src": "collegiate", "section": "alpha", "stems": [ "RAM", "RAMs", "random-access memory" ], "offensive": false }, "hwi": { "hw": "RAM", "prs": [ { "mw": "ˈram", "sound": { "audio": "ram00002", "ref": "c", "stat": "1" } } ] }, "fl": "noun", "def": [ { "sseq": [ [ [ "sense", { "dt": [ [ "text", "{bc}a computer memory on which data can be both read and written and on which the location of data does not affect the speed of its retrieval" ] ], "sdsense": { "sd": "especially", "dt": [ [ "text", "{bc}RAM that acts as the main storage available to the user for programs and data " ], [ "ca", { "intro": "called also", "cats": [ { "cat": "random-access memory" } ] } ], [ "text", " {dx}compare {dxt|rom|ROM|}{\/dx}" ] ] } } ] ] ] } ], "et": [ [ "text", "{it}r{\/it}andom-{it}a{\/it}ccess {it}m{\/it}emory" ] ], "date": "1957", "shortdef": [ "a computer memory on which data can be both read and written and on which the location of data does not affect the speed of its retrieval; especially : RAM that acts as the main storage available to the user for programs and data —called also random-access memory" ] } ]