{
  "id": "randomness.unpredictable",
  "term": "randomness",
  "sense": "unpredictable",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 3,
  "domain": "EmergenceLexicon",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "When things happen without a regular pattern over time or space.",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "pattern.regularity",
      "time.dimension",
      "space.extent"
    ],
    "interaction": "Events occur in space and time without following a regular pattern.",
    "novel_properties": [
      "unpredictability",
      "lack of pattern"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "error.mistake",
      "type": "contrasts-with",
      "note": "randomness lacks pattern, while mistake is an irregular difference"
    },
    {
      "id": "chance.random",
      "type": "abstracts",
      "note": "chance is a surface form of randomness"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [
    "uncertainty.epistemic"
  ],
  "forms": [
    "randomness"
  ],
  "closed": true,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "openrouter:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.6
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-randomness.unpredictable"
}