aleatoric

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UK/eɪliːəˈtɔəɹɪk/

adjective

Having an element of chance.

“aleatoric music”

Scrabble 11

Meanings

adjectivealeatoric (comparative more aleatoric, superlative most aleatoric)

comparative more aleatoric · superlative most aleatoric

  1. Having an element of chance.
  2. not comparableartOf or pertaining to works that have been produced with an element of chance (aleatoricism).

    aleatoric music

    1 more example

    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

  1. Latināleātōrius
  2. Englishaleatoric

From Latin āleātōrius (see aleatory) + -ic.

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Translations

Bulgarian случаен, произволен
  • случаен (slučaen)Translations
  • произволен (proizvolen)Translations
Finnish aleatorinen
  • aleatorinenTranslations
Polish aleatoryczny
  • aleatorycznyTranslations

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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aleatoric,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aleatoric.

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