arbitrary
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adjective
based on
random
choice
or
personal
whim
, rather than any
reason
or
system
:
任意の; 恣意的な, 独断的な; 気まぐれな
e.g.
his mealtimes were entirely arbitrary.
(of
power
or a
ruling
body
)
unrestrained
and
autocratic
in the use of
authority
:
〈政府などが〉専制的な, 独裁的な
e.g.
arbitrary rule by King and bishops has been made impossible.
Mathematics
(of a
constant
or other
quantity
) of
unspecified
value
.
ORIGIN
late
Middle English
(in the sense ‘
dependent
on one's
will
or
pleasure
,
discretionary
’): from
Latin
arbitrarius
, from
arbiter
‘
judge
,
supreme
ruler
’, perhaps influenced by
French
arbitraire
.