Meanings
alternative pseudo-random
- not comparableOf a sequence of numbers, such that it has all the properties of a random sequence following some probability distribution (except true randomness), but is actually generated using a deterministic algorithm.
Simple random samples were chosen from an ordered list with the aid of a Pseudo Random Digit Generator affiliated with the Computer Data Corporation Fortran Compiler.
1941, Isabel Fonseca, Memoirs, Society for American Archaeology, Issues 25-30, Society for American Archaeology, page 311 more example
Elite uses a pseudorandom number generator based on Tribonacci numbers. Unlike Fibonacci numbers, where the nth term in the series is based on the previous two terms, Tribonacci numbers use the previous three terms: […]
2016, John Aycock, Retrogame Archeology, Springer, →ISBN, page 113
Origin
- Ancient Greekψεύδω (pseúdō)
- Ancient Greekψευδής (pseudḗs)
- Middle Englishpseudo-
- Englishpseudo-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃er-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃reyH-
- Proto-Germanic*rinnaną
- Proto-West Germanic*rinnan
- Frankish*randij
- Old Frenchrandir
- Old Frenchrandon
- Middle Englishrandoun
- Englishrandon
- Englishrandom
- Englishpseudorandom
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 僞隨機 /伪随机
- 僞隨機 /伪随机 (wěisuíjī)appearing to be random
Czech pseudonáhodný
- pseudonáhodnýappearing to be random
Finnish näennäissatunnainen
- näennäissatunnainenappearing to be random
French pseudo-aléatoire
- pseudo-aléatoireappearing to be random
German pseudozufällig, scheinzufällig
- pseudozufälligappearing to be random
- scheinzufälligappearing to be random
Greek ψευδοτυχαίος
- ψευδοτυχαίος (psevdotychaíos)appearing to be random
Hungarian álvéletlen
- álvéletlenappearing to be random
Polish pseudolosowy
- pseudolosowyappearing to be random
Russian псевдослуча́йный
- псевдослуча́йный (psevdoslučájnyj)appearing to be random
Slovak pseudonáhodný
- pseudonáhodnýappearing to be random
Spanish pseudoaleatorio
- pseudoaleatorioappearing to be random
Cite this entry
pseudorandom. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudorandom
“pseudorandom.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudorandom. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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