aleatoric

English

Etymology

Latin āleātōrius (see aleatory) +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /eɪliːəˈtɔəɹɪk/, enPR: ālēətôəʹrĭk

Adjective

aleatoric (comparative more aleatoric, superlative most aleatoric)

1. Having an element of chance.
2. (art, music, not comparable) Of or pertaining to works that have been produced with an element of chance (aleatoricism).

   aleatoric music

   • 2005, Noël Carroll, “Formalism”, in The Routledge Companion to Aesthetics, eds. Berys Gaut and Dominic McIver Lopes (Master e-book IBSN 0203991923), page 89

     Some artists, like John Cage, have adopted aleatoric methods of composition in order to remove any trace of authorial expression from their work.

Derived terms

• aleatorically

 

Translations

Translations

• Polish: aleatoryczny (pl)

See also

• aleatoricism
• aleatory

Further reading

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “aleatoric”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• alectoria, aloricate

Romanian

Etymology

From aleatoriu +‎ -ic.

Adjective

aleatoric m or n (feminine singular aleatorică, masculine plural aleatorici, feminine and neuter plural aleatorice)

1. random

Declension

Declension of aleatoric

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	aleatoric		aleatorică	aleatorici	aleatorice
	definite	aleatoricul		aleatorica	aleatoricii	aleatoricele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	aleatoric		aleatorice	aleatorici	aleatorice
	definite	aleatoricului		aleatoricei	aleatoricilor	aleatoricelor