nonrandom

adjective

non·​ran·​dom ˌnän-ˈran-dəm How to pronounce nonrandom (audio)
Synonyms of nonrandomnext
: not random
a nonrandom event
a nonrandom sample of the population
… overlooks a lot of recent academic work that has confirmed that significant nonrandom patterns exist in the markets.— Mark Hulbert
nonrandomness
ˌnän-ˈran-dəm-nəs How to pronounce nonrandom (audio)
noun
nonrandomness in gene expression

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Problem after problem turned out to be far easier to solve with randomness than with nonrandom, or deterministic, algorithms. — Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 3 Apr. 2023 Proofs of quantum advantage always seemed dependent on oracles that had some kind of nonrandom structure, such as periodicity. — Quanta Magazine, 11 July 2022

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1926, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of nonrandom was in 1926

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