Last week, October 16--20, I attended a conference on security technology where I presented a paper. At the end of the week there was a talk on the Evaluation of Risk from Acts of Terrorism. Interesting topic.
The author used the word "aleatory" and that was new one for me. Here's what it means:
| 1. | Law. depending on a contingent event: an aleatory contract. |
| 2. | of or pertaining to accidental causes; of luck or chance; unpredictable: an aleatory element. |
| 3. | Music. employing the element of chance in the choice of tones, rests, durations, rhythms, dynamics, etc. |
(From Dictionary.com Click
here for the definition.)
Makes sense, and I thought I'd pass along my new vocabulary word.
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