Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense randomizes, present participle randomizing, past tense, past participle randomizedregional note: in BRIT, also use randomise
verb
If you randomize the events or people in scientific experiments or academic research, you use a method that gives them all an equal chance of happening or being chosen.
[technical]
The wheel is designed with obstacles in the ball's path to randomise its movement. [VERB noun]
Properly randomized studies are only now being completed. [VERB-ed]
randomize in British English
or randomise (ˈrændəˌmaɪz)
verb
(transitive)
to set up (a selection process, sample, etc) in a deliberately random way in order to enhance the statistical validity of any results obtained
Derived forms
randomization (ˌrandomiˈzation) or randomisation (ˌrandomiˈsation)
noun
randomizer (ˈrandomˌizer) or randomiser (ˈrandomˌiser)
noun
randomize in American English
(ˈrændəmˌaɪz)
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈrandomˌized or ˈrandomˌizing
to select or choose (items of a group) in a random order to obtain an unbiased result, often by using a table of random numbers
Derived forms
randomization (ˌrandomiˈzation)
noun
Examples of 'randomize' in a sentence
randomize
There were violent tugs at his own periphery to randomize, but he clung to himself and resisted them.