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Aleatory

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Adjective

1. aleatory

dependent on chance

Example Sentences:
'the aleatory element in life'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Aleatory

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adjective
1. 
dependent on chance
2. 
(esp of a musical composition) involving elements chosen at random by the performer

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Aleatory

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adjective
1. 
of or depending on chance, luck, or contingency
2. 
aleatoric

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Aleatory

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adj.
1. Dependent on chance, luck, or an uncertain outcome: an aleatory contract between an oil prospector and a landowner.
2. Of or characterized by gambling: aleatory contests.
3. also a·le·a·to·ric (ā′lē-ə-tôrĭk) Music Using or consisting of sounds to be chosen by the performer or left to chance; indeterminate: An object placed inside the piano added an aleatory element to the piece.

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