Meaning of ALEATORY
| Pronunciation: | | 'eyleeu`towree
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| | Definition: | | [adj] dependent on chance; "the aleatory element in life" |
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| | Synonyms: | | unpredictable |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \A"le*a*to*ry\, a. [L. aleatorius, fr. alea chance,
die.] (Law)
Depending on some uncertain contingency; as, an aleatory
contract. --Bouvier.
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| | Related Terms: | | absolute music, accidental, adaptation, adventitious, adventurous, air varie, aleatoric, aleatory music, amorphous, arrangement, blobby, blurred, blurry, broad, casual, causeless, chamber music, chamber orchestra, chance, chancy, chaotic, circumstantial, composition, conditional, confused, contingent, descant, destinal, dicey, disordered, electronic music, etude, exercise, fatal, fatidic, fluky, foggy, fortuitous, full of risk, fuzzy, general, harmonization, hazardous, hazy, hit-or-miss, iffy, ill-defined, imprecise, inaccurate, inchoate, incidental, incidental music, incoherent, indecisive, indefinable, indefinite, indeterminable, indeterminate, indistinct, inessential, inexact, instrumental music, invention, lax, loose, Nachtmusik, nocturne, nonessential, nonspecific, obscure, occasional, opus, orchestration, orderless, piece, production, program music, provisional, random, ricercar, riskful, risky, score, shadowed forth, shadowy, shapeless, sonata, sonatina, speculative, stochastic, string orchestra, string quartet, study, sweeping, theme and variations, trio, uncaused, unclear, undefined, undestined, undetermined, unessential, unexpected, unforeseeable, unforeseen, unlooked-for, unplain, unpredictable, unspecified, vague, variation, veiled, venturesome, venturous, wildcat, work |
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