alea in English

noun

(Latin) ancient Roman game of chance based on the use of dice; (Classical Mythology) nickname of Athena that refers to a holy place built in her honor by Aleus; old city located on the Eastern border of Arcadia

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1. VARIANTS Alliah, Aliye, Aliah , Alia , Aleigha, Aleeyah, Aleea, Aleah , Alea, AAliyah , Aaliya

2. The word Aleatory derives from the Latin alea, which means the rolling of dice

3. Aleatory music, also called chance music, (Aleatory from Latin alea, “dice”), 20th-century music in which chance or indeterminate elements are left for the performer to realize.

4. All applicants are required to submit with the application and fee a certified fingerprint background check from ALEA (Alabama Law Enforcement Agency) The background check cannot be more than 90 days old.

5. Aleatoric music (also aleatory music or chance music; from the Latin word alea, meaning “dice”) is music in which some element of the composition is left to chance, and/or some primary element of a composed work’s realization is left to the determination of its performer (s).

6. Aleatoricism (/ˌeɪ̯liəˈtɔrəsɪzm̩, -ˈtɒr-, ˌæli-/ ey-lee-uh-TAWR-uh-siz-uhm, -TOR-, al-ee) or aleatorism, the noun associated with the adjectival Aleatory and aleatoric is a term popularised by the musical composer Pierre Boulez, but also Witold Lutosławski and Franco Evangelisti, for compositions resulting from "actions made by chance ", with its etymology deriving from alea, Latin word for " dice ".

7. Aleatoric music (also Aleatory music or chance music; from the Latin word alea, meaning "dice") is music in which some element of the composition is left to chance, and/or some primary element of a composed work's realization is left to the determination of its performer(s).The term is most often associated with procedures in which the chance element involves a relatively limited number of

8. Aleatory (adj.) "of uncertain outcome, depending on a contingent event," literally "depending on the throw of a die," 1690s, from Latin aleatorius "pertaining to a gamester," from aleator "a dice player," from alea "a game with dice; chance, hazard, risk; a die, the dice;" perhaps literally "a joint-bone" (marked knuckle-bones used as early dice), "a pivot-bone," and related to axis.