randomness

Other forms of randomness

plural

randomnesses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about randomness

What does randomness mean?

randomness means "(thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in randomness?

randomness has 3 syllables: ran-dom-ness. The stress falls on "ran". In IPA it is /ˈɹændəmnəs/.

What is another word for randomness?

Close synonyms include entropy, S, haphazardness, stochasticity, noise. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is randomness a common word?

randomness is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.