random

Meanings

Noun

  • A roving motion; course without definite direction; lack of rule or method; chance.
  • Speed, full speed; impetuosity, force.
  • The full range of a bullet or other projectile; hence, the angle at which a weapon is tilted to allow the greatest range.
  • An undefined, unknown or unimportant person; a person of no consequence.
  • The direction of a rake-vein.
  • A frame for composing type.

Adjective

Origin

  • From earlier randon, from Middle English randoun, raundon, from Old French randon, from randir (whence French randonnée), from Frankish *rant, *rand, from Proto-Germanic *randijō, from *rinnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- ("to flow, move, run"). See run.

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