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li adjective
1.
Law. depending on a contingent event: an aleatory contract.
2.
of or pertaining to accidental causes; of luck or chance; unpredictable: an aleatory element.
3.
Music. employing the element of chance in the choice of tones, rests, durations, rhythms, dynamics, etc.
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is always a great word to know.
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| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
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aleatory or aleatoric (ˈeɪlɪətərɪ, -trɪ, ˌeɪlɪəˈtɒrɪk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | dependent on chance |
| 2. | (esp of a musical composition) involving elements chosen at random by the performer |
| [C17: from Latin āleātōrius, from āleātor gambler, from ālea game of chance, dice, of uncertain origin] | |
| aleatoric or aleatoric | |
| —adj | |
| [C17: from Latin āleātōrius, from āleātor gambler, from ālea game of chance, dice, of uncertain origin] | |
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aleatory
"of uncertain outcome," lit. "depending on the throw of a die," 1690s, from L. aleatorius, from aleator "a dice player," from alea "a die, the dice."
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