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NONRANDOM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nonrandom mean? 

NONRANDOM (adjective)
  The adjective NONRANDOM has 1 sense:

1. not randomplay

  Familiarity information: NONRANDOM used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NONRANDOM (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Not random

Similar:

purposive (having or showing or acting with a purpose or design)

Antonym:

random (lacking any definite plan or order or purpose; governed by or depending on chance)


 Context examples 


Nonrandom association of linked genes; the occurrence of some genes together, more often than would be expected based upon their physical separation, presumably because the combination confers some selective advantage.

(Linkage Disequilibrium, NCI Thesaurus)

A statistical test used to determine if there are nonrandom associations between two categorical variables.

(Fisher's Exact Test, NCI Thesaurus)



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