Definition of pseudorandom in English:
pseudorandom
adjective ˌsjuːdəʊˈrandəmˌso͞odōˈrandəm
(of a number, a sequence of numbers, or any digital data) satisfying one or more statistical tests for randomness but produced by a definite mathematical procedure.
most computers have built-in functions which will generate sequences of pseudorandom numbers
Example sentencesExamples
- The fitness of this ‘zygote’ is evaluated and pseudorandom numbers are used to determine whether to pass one of its ‘gametes’ to the next generation.
- In the clairvoyance condition, the computer had already selected the target using a pseudorandom number generator and had stored the choice directly onto disk by the time that participants made their guess.
- Cryptanalysts have analyzed many systems by breaking the pseudorandom number generators used to supply cryptographic keys.
- Each bird was tested under the various lights in a pseudorandom sequence.
- Such sequences of pseudorandom numbers play crucial roles not only in computer games but also in simulations of physical processes.
Derivatives
adverb
The participants were pseudorandomly assigned to one experimental group and three control conditions, each with 12 participants.
Example sentencesExamples
- Aside from the constraints just described, trial type varied pseudorandomly within each of the three blocks.
- To explore the properties of the statistics c and’ c, pseudorandomly generated coding sequences were generated for various lengths and nucleotide compositions.