random direction

collocation in English

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random
adjective
uk
/ˈræn.dəm/us
/ˈræn.dəm/
happening, done, or chosen by chance rather than according to ...
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direction
noun
uk
/daɪˈrek.ʃən/us
/dɪˈrek.ʃən/
the position towards which someone or something moves ...
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(Definition ofrandomanddirectionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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More precisely, the robot will turn right with a probability when it runs into an obstacle and with the probability 1 it will proceed in arandomdirection.
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Rotators turn the character around to arandomdirection.
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In the beginning arandomdirectionis chosen (if there is more than one).
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But the photon scatters in arandomdirection, transferring a large and uncertain amount of momentum to the electron.
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In ordinary materials, the magnetic dipole moments of individual atoms produce magnetic fields that cancel one another, because each dipole points in arandomdirection.
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But usually the atom releases the photon in some otherrandomdirection, and the dot is redrawn that quantum distance in the opposite direction.
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The electrons release energy in anyrandomdirectionand at any time (after their excitation).
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On arriving at a junction that has not been visited before (no other marks), pick arandomdirection(and mark the path).
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The neutralized molecules may bounce off the attracting electrode in anyrandomdirection.
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A short time later, the atom will spontaneously emit a photon in arandomdirection, as it relaxes to a lower electronic state.
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The walker will leave the service building and walk along connected roads, taking arandomdirectionat every intersection.
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If we average over manyrandomdirectionchanges, the terms involving dot products cancel because the direction is random.
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If the atom, which is now in the excited state, emits a photon spontaneously, it will be kicked by the same amount of momentum but in arandomdirection.
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Those excited electrons that remain bound to their atom spontaneously emit this energy as a photon, traveling in arandomdirection, and so drop back to lower energy levels.
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All these nearby galaxies have a gravitational effect, to the extent that the original galaxy can have a velocity of over 1,000 km/s in an apparentlyrandomdirection.
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If the atom, which is now in the excited state, then emits a photon spontaneously, it will be kicked by the same amount of momentum, but in arandomdirection.
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With each collision, though, the electron is deflected in arandomdirectionwith a velocity that is much larger than the velocity gained by the electric field.
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The incomplete-ring method assumes that flies approach a trap directly, and then either enter the trap, or leave directly in random directions.
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A newly emerging leaf grows in arandomdirection, but within two or three weeks it twists on its petiole clockwise or counterclockwise into a vertical position.
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