randomness.

1. An apparent absence of an ordered, intended or readily predictable pattern in a sequence or arrangement.

2. Generation or selection governed by a specified chance process or probability model rather than a fixed deliberate assignment.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• apparent randomness
• randomness of an arrangement

On the page

The apparent randomness of the marks changed when the observer noticed the repeating intervals.

The essay described randomness of arrangement without asserting a statistical generating process.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: definition, comparison, qualification, causal analysis. Disciplines: academic writing, institutional analysis, general research. Commonness: moderately common.