Englisch-Portugiesisch Übersetzung für arbitrary

arbitrárioEste é um regime arbitrário, brutal e paranóico. This is an arbitrary, brutal and paranoid regime. Primeiro argumento: o número é arbitrário. My first argument is that it is an arbitrary figure. Tudo isto é muito importante, mas também altamente arbitrário. This is all very important but also highly arbitrary.
arbitráriaCondenamos as execuções sumárias e arbitrárias.We deplore summary and arbitrary executions. Não estou a proceder a uma escolha arbitrária. I am not making an arbitrary choice. Prisões arbitrárias e situação política no Laos Arbitrary arrests and the political situation in Laos

Based on individual discretion or judgment; not based on any objective distinction, perhaps even made at random
Determined by impulse rather than reason; heavy-handed
Any, out of all that are possible
Determined by independent arbiter
Anything arbitrary, such as an arithmetical value or a fee

Benjamin Franklins designation of "positive" and "negative" to different charges was arbitrary
The decision to use 18 years as the legal age of adulthood was arbitrary, as both age 17 and 19 were reasonable alternatives
The equation is true for an arbitrary value of x

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