random number

[ ran-duhm nuhm-ber ]

/ ˈræn dəm ˈnʌm bər /

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noun Statistics.

a number chosen by a random sampling, as from a table (random number table ) or produced by a random number generator.

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Origin of random number

First recorded in 1925–30

Words nearby random number

random coil, random error, randomize, random line, random mating, random number, random number generator, random numbers, random rubble, random sampling, random variable

Example sentences from the Web for random number

Computer simulations of complex systems, such as Earth’s climate or the stock market, also require many random numbers to properly capture chance occurrences that happen in real life.
A new laser-based random number generator is the fastest of its kind|Maria Temming|February 25, 2021|Science News
Most people expect alternating, evenly spaced random numbers.
What the mummy’s curse reveals about your brain|Kathryn Hulick|January 14, 2021|Science News For Students
This can be achieved by running an algorithm that can help you to link out to a random number of internal pages.
Guide to using interactive 404s to boost your SEO|Amanda Jerelyn|September 24, 2020|Search Engine Watch
“Our members continue to face a number of challenges,” she said.
The Republican War on Kale|Patricia Murphy|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST

The number of dissenters though is unprecedented in the modern era.
Democrats Accidentally Save Boehner From Republican Coup|Ben Jacobs, Jackie Kucinich|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
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Thank Congress, Not LBJ for Great Society|Julian Zelizer, Scott Porch|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Starting under Theodore Roosevelt and Howard Taft, embassies headed by career diplomats increased in number.
U.S. Embassies Have Always Been for Sale|William O’Connor|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The number of diplomats was pitiful (45 appointees in 1860), as was the amount of money allocated to them.
U.S. Embassies Have Always Been for Sale|William O’Connor|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The country is well inhabited, for it contains fifty-one cities, near a hundred walled towns, and a great number of villages.
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift
We had six field-pieces, but we only took four, harnessed wit twice the usual number of horses.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
There are a number of bacilli, called acid-fast bacilli, which stain in the same way as the tubercle bacillus.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Five of the number had studied with Liszt before, and the young men are artists already before the public.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
I do not think the average number of passengers on a corresponding route in our country could be so few as twenty.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley

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