Aleatory
English Meaning
Depending on some uncertain contingency; as, an aleatory contract.
- Dependent on chance, luck, or an uncertain outcome: an aleatory contract between an oil prospector and a landowner.
- Of or characterized by gambling: aleatory contests.
- Music Using or consisting of sounds to be chosen by the performer or left to chance; indeterminate: An object placed inside the piano added an aleatory element to the piece.