Definizione monolingua

arbitrary

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1. (usually of a decision) Based on individual discretion or judgment; not based on any objective distinction, perhaps even made at random.

   Benjamin Franklins designation of ""positive"" and ""negative"" to different charges was arbitrary. In fact, electrons flow in the opposite direction to conventional current.

   The decision to use 18 years as the legal age of adulthood was arbitrary, as both age 17 and 19 were reasonable alternatives.

2. Determined by impulse rather than reason; heavy-handed.

   ""The Russian trials were Stalins purges, with which he attempted to consolidate his power. Like most people in the West, I believed these show trials to be the arbitrary acts of a cruel dictator."" (Max Born, Letters to Einstein)

3. (mathematics) Any and all possible.

   The equation is true for an arbitrary value of x.

Definizione dizionario arbitrary

	arbitrario
	based on individual discretion or judgment
	determined by impulse

	a caso
	chosen at random

	arbitraria
	based on individual discretion or judgment

accidentale

dispotico

Altri significati:

Determined by impulse rather than reason.

unrestrained by law; tyrannical

one’s own judgement (judgment)

(mathematics)

(mathematics) Any and all possible.

(usually of a decision) Based on individual discretion or judgment; not based on any objective distinction, perhaps even made at random.

Determined by impulse rather than reason; heavy-handed.