Meanings
comparative more aleatoric · superlative most aleatoric
- Having an element of chance.
- not comparableartOf or pertaining to works that have been produced with an element of chance (aleatoricism).
aleatoric music
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Some artists, like John Cage, have adopted aleatoric methods of composition in order to remove any trace of authorial expression from their work.
2005, Noël Carroll, “Formalism”, in The Routledge Companion to Aesthetics, eds. Berys Gaut and Dominic McIver Lopes (Master e-book IBSN 0203991923), page 89
Origin
- Latināleātōrius
- Englishaleatoric
From Latin āleātōrius (see aleatory) + -ic.
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Bulgarian случаен, произволен
- случаен (slučaen)Translations
- произволен (proizvolen)Translations
Finnish aleatorinen
- aleatorinenTranslations
Polish aleatoryczny
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aleatoric. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aleatoric
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