Random Play: Also known as shuffle play. In CD players and changers, this function randomizes the order of selections during playback. Some CD players offer a 'Random Play with Delete' feature that prevents a piece from being repeated once it has been played.

 

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Random Play: Also known as shuffle play. In CD players and changers, this function randomizes the order of selections during playback. Some CD players offer a 'Random Play with Delete' feature that preve . . . View Full Definition

Random Variable: A function that assigns a real number to each and every possible outcome of a random experiment.

Random Walk: Theory that stock price changes from day to day are accidental or haphazard; changes are independent of each other and have the same probability distribution. Many believers in the random wa . . . View Full Definition

Random Testing: Drug and alcohol tests administered by an employer that selects employees to be tested on a random basis.

Random Spatial Distribution: Situation in which individuals are randomly distributed in a space; probability of an individual's being located at any given point is the same irrespective of location in the space

Random Error: Random errors are errors that affect the precision of a set of measurements. Random error scatters measurements above and below the mean, with small random errors being more likely than large ones.

Random Walk Theory: The random walk theory holds that it is futile to try to predict changes in stock prices. Advocates of the theory base their assertion on the belief that stock prices react to information as . . . View Full Definition

Random Wound: The standard type of stator winding used in motors under 1,000 volts. The coils are random wound with round wire as opposed to flat form wound coils.

Revenge Play: A Renaissance genre of drama in which the plot revolves around the hero's attempt to avenge a previous wrong by killing the perpetrator of the deed, commonly with a great deal of bloodshed a . . . View Full Definition

Role Playing: A training method in which each participant purposely acts out or assumes a particular character or role.