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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: (thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work; "entropy increases as matter and energy in the universe degrade to an ultimate state of inert uniformity" [syn: randomness, entropy, S]
2: the quality of lacking any predictable order or plan [syn: randomness, haphazardness, stochasticity, noise]

Merriam Webster's

noun see random II

Moby Thesaurus

aimlessness, capriciousness, causelessness, chance, chanciness, changeableness, derangement, designlessness, disarrangement, disarray, disarticulation, discomfiture, discomposure, disconcertedness, disharmony, dishevelment, disintegration, disjunction, disorder, disorderliness, disorganization, disproportion, disruption, disturbance, dysteleology, entropy, erraticism, erraticness, fickleness, haphazardness, hesitancy, hesitation, incalculability, incertitude, incoherence, indecision, indecisiveness, indemonstrability, indeterminacy, indetermination, indeterminism, indiscriminateness, inharmonious harmony, irregularity, irresolution, luck, most admired disorder, nonsymmetry, nonuniformity, perturbation, promiscuity, promiscuousness, purposelessness, suspense, suspensefulness, turbulence, unaccountability, uncertainness, uncertainty, uncertainty principle, undecidedness, undeterminedness, unforeseeableness, unpredictability, unprovability, unsureness, unsymmetry, ununiformity, unverifiability, upset, vacillation, whimsicality