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RANDOMISED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does randomised mean?
• RANDOMISED (adjective)
The adjective RANDOMISED has 1 sense:
1. set up or distributed in a deliberately random way
Familiarity information: RANDOMISED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Set up or distributed in a deliberately random way
Synonyms:
randomised; randomized
Similar:
irregular (contrary to rule or accepted order or general practice)
Context examples
To actually transfer information through spin, the electron’s spin needs to travel reasonable distances and live for a long enough time before the information encoded on it is randomised.
(Certain organic semiconducting materials can transport spin faster than they conduct charge, University of Cambridge)
Previous randomised trials have shown low carbohydrate diets are beneficial for short-term weight loss and improve cardiometabolic risk.
(Moderate Carbohydrate Intake May be Best for Health, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Infant deaths from sepsis (bacterial infection of the blood) can be reduced almost by half with doses of healthy gut bacteria, according to the results of a randomised trial conducted in India’s Odisha state by researchers at the College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center in the United States.
(Friendly gut bacteria can help fight infant deaths, SciDev.Net )
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