aleatoric
English
Etymology
Latin āleātōrius (see aleatory) + English -ic.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ālēətôəʹrĭk, IPA(key): /eɪliːəˈtɔəɹɪk/
Adjective
aleatoric (comparative more aleatoric, superlative most aleatoric)
- Having an element of chance.
- (art, not comparable) Of or pertaining to artworks that have been produced with an element of chance (aleatoricism).
- 2005, Noël Carroll, “Formalism”, in The Routledge Companion to Aesthetics, eds. Berys Gaut and Dominic McIver Lopes (Master e-book IBSN 0203991923), page 89
- Some artists, like John Cage, have adopted aleatoric methods of composition in order to remove any trace of authorial expression from their work.
- 2005, Noël Carroll, “Formalism”, in The Routledge Companion to Aesthetics, eds. Berys Gaut and Dominic McIver Lopes (Master e-book IBSN 0203991923), page 89
- (art, not comparable) Of or pertaining to artworks that have been produced with an element of chance (aleatoricism).
See also
- aleatoricism
- aleatory
References
- “aleatoric, a.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]
Anagrams
- alectoria, aloricate