nondeterministic
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A situation or process where there isn't just one possible outcome, and it's hard to predict what will happen.
The game has a nondeterministic element, so you can't be sure what will happen next.
这个游戏有一个非确定性元素,所以你不能确定接下来会发生什么。
In math or logic, when something can't be clearly true or false because it depends on different possible values.
The problem is nondeterministic, so the answer could be different depending on the variable.
这个问题是非确定性的,所以答案可能会因变量而异。