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| abstract expressionism |
(sometimes cap.) a school of painting that arose after World War II and that was marked by expressive but nonrepresentational images formed by an apparently random and often unconventional application of paint. |
| Brownian motion |
the random movement of microscopic particles in a fluid medium, resulting from collision with molecules of the surrounding medium; Brownian movement. |
| chance |
occurring unexpectedly or at random; accidental. [1/7 definitions] |
| desultory |
occurring at random, by chance, or as a digression. [1/2 definitions] |
| diffusion |
a mixing of molecules of different substances, that results from random thermal motion. [1/3 definitions] |
| genetic drift |
evolutionary change because of mutations that result from random changes in gene frequency in a small population and that become established in that population. |
| hit-or-miss |
careless or random. |
| inconsequent |
random or haphazard. [1/4 definitions] |
| inconstant |
changeable, esp. frequently and at random; not faithful or reliable. |
| luck |
the supposed force behind the apparently causeless or random occurrence of an event or events; fortune; chance. [1/2 definitions] |
| noise |
in electronics, a random, meaningless, or interfering signal. [1/6 definitions] |
| nonrandom |
combined form of random. |
| potshot |
a random attack or criticism, often directed at someone or something that is convenient or relatively defenseless. [1/4 definitions] |
| RAM |
abbreviation of "random-access memory." |
| randomize |
to arrange or choose in random order, esp. for scientific purposes. |
| scatter |
to distribute at random intervals. [1/6 definitions] |
| scattershot |
broadly indiscriminate; random. |
| shot effect |
random fluctuation in the flow of electrons emitted by a heated cathode, resulting, when amplified, in a popping noise. |
| shuffle |
to rearrange playing cards in a random order by separating parts of the deck and interleaving them with the remainder. [1/8 definitions] |
| slash |
to cut or strike with violent, sweeping, and sometimes random strokes, as with a knife. [1/9 definitions] |
| spot-check |
to check or inspect on a partial, usu. random, basis. |
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