Aleatoric

Pronunciation

• RP enPR: ālÄ“É™tôəʹrÄ­k, IPA: /eɪliːəˈtɔəɹɪk/

Origin

Latin āleātōrius (see aleatory) + English -ic

Full definition of aleatoric

Adjective

1. Having an element of chance.
• 2005, Noël Carroll, “Formalism”, in The Routledge Companion to Aesthetics, eds. Berys Gaut and Dominic McIver Lopes (Master e-book IBSN 0203991923), page 89Some artists, like John Cage, have adopted aleatoric methods of composition in order to remove any trace of authorial expression from their work.

Anagrams

• alectoria