nonrandom

See also: non-random

English

Etymology

From non- +‎ random.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈnɑnɹændəm/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈnɒnɹændəm/

Adjective

nonrandom (not comparable)

1. Not random; caused or manipulated; arranged.

   The apparent accident was a nonrandom event: someone carefully arranged it to happen when and where it did.

   • 1956, Geological Survey Professional Paper, Volume 300‎, U.S. Government Printing Office, page 77:

     The evidence presented indicates that the regional variations in uranium content in rhyolitic and dacitic rocks are nonrandom in nature.

   • 1958, Agricultural Economics Research, Volumes 10-12‎, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economics, Statistics, and Cooperatives Service, page 45:

     As an example of the method, table 1 summarizes the computations used in estimating the variance of the random component of early fall lettuce yields in California for the years 1918–57. The question is: Beginning with which difference is it reasonably certain that the nonrandom element has been eliminated, leaving an estimate of the random variance?

   • 1969, United States Congress, Congressional Record‎, Washington, Congress, page 11565:

     Confidence intervals can be used to isolate areas of discrepancies if bias exist as being a result of either a 'nonrandom selection technique or a non-representative selection list.

   • 1998, Ernst Mayr, This Is Biology: The Science of the Living World‎, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 189:

     There is no need to consider those individuals who survive the process of nonrandom elimination to be the products fo a goal-directed process.

   • 2000, United States Bureau of Biological Survey, United States Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, North American Fauna‎, Washington, Fish and Wildlife Service, Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Print Office, page 22:

     However, it should be noted that theoretically, the apparent nonrandom distance of the dispersal has evolved because of its advantage to the species.

Alternative forms

• non-random