randomness

French translation: caractère aléatoire

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English term or phrase:	randomness
French translation:	caractère aléatoire

10:41 Nov 8, 2001

English to French translations [PRO]
Science - Mathematics & Statistics

English term or phrase: randomness

statistics

Régine HAMELIJNCK (X) KudoZ activity Questions: 31 (none open) Answers: 1
Local time: 14:26

caractère aléatoire

Explanation:
According to GDT.

Selected response from:

VBaby
Local time: 13:26

Grading comment

perfect!!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +6

caractère aléatoire

VBaby

l'aléatoire

Yolanda Broad

not commonly used in English though it does exist

mckinnc

incertain

Henri Barreiro Domingo

randomisation

Peppone

Answers

2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

caractère aléatoire

Explanation:
According to GDT.

VBaby
Local time: 13:26
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

perfect!!

55 mins confidence:

not commonly used in English though it does exist

Explanation:
I suspect the translation would have to use a noun plus the adjective aléatoire. We'd need to see the context to see which noun could be used.

mckinnc
Local time: 14:26
Native speaker of:

English

1 hr confidence:

incertain

Explanation:
Sans doute une possibilité (voir contexte)

Henri Barreiro Domingo
Spain
Local time: 14:26
Native speaker of:

French,

Spanish

2 hrs confidence:

randomisation

Explanation:
hasardisation

Peppone

18 hrs confidence:

l'aléatoire

Explanation:
"aléatoire" peut s'employer tout autant comme nom que comme adjectif.

De Termium :

ENGLISH
FRENCH
SPANISH
Subject Field(s)
– Mathematics
– Computer Graphics
Subject Field(s)
– Mathématiques
– Infographie

randomness Source CORRECT

aléatoire Source CORRECT, MASC

hasard Source CORRECT, MASC

DEF – The quality or state of being
random. Source

DEF – Circonstance à caractère imprévu
ou imprévisible. Source

OBS – Qualifié de «marque de notre
ignorance» et appelé en philosophie
«contingence du futur», le hasard est
partiellement défini par le calcul des
probabilités. On distingue le hasard
constaté empiriquement du hasard
construit, décrit en termes logiques et
mathématiques. La dynamique complexe
et la géométrie fractale tentent une
modélisation des relations permettant de
l'engendrer. Source

PHR – Le hasard engendre l'irrégularité,
s'insinue, régit un mouvement. Source

PHR – appréhender, corriger, délimiter,
lutter contre le hasard, régler le hasard par
probabilités mathématiques. Source

PHR – hasard constaté, construit, fractal,
macroscopique, microscopique, primaire,
subjectif, surnaturel. Source

PHR – hasard d'ordre 1, d'ordre 2. Source

PHR – concept, construction, géométrie,
incertitude, jeu, loi du hasard de Bernoulli,
objectivation, puissance, structures,
subjectivation du hasard. Source

Reference: http://www.termium.com

Yolanda Broad
United States
Local time: 08:26
Native speaker of:

English

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