non-random
Adjective
Meaning
non-random (not comparable)
Alternative form of nonrandom
Synonyms
Examples
Any individual alignment could indicate a direction by chance, but he planned to show that together the distribution of alignments was non-random, showing that there was an astronomical intent to the orientation of at least some of the alignments.
D&D Gamma World Roleplaying Game: A D&D Genre Setting by Wizards RPG Team (ISBN 978-0786955084) The basic box included 80 non-random cards.
For many sequences of non-random operations, splay trees perform better than other search trees, even when the specific pattern of the sequence is unknown.
In addition, the bulk flow hypothesis is also supported by the presence of non-random clusters of organelle genes, suggesting the simultaneous movement of multiple genes.
Theoretical and empirical studies identify non-random emergent patterns of few strong and many weak linkages that explain how ecological communities remain stable over time.
A statistical model is usually specified by mathematical equations that relate one or more random variables and possibly other non-random variables.