English-Czech translations for arbitrary

• libovolný
  Stávající práh je libovolný a nebere v úvahu konkurenční růst sektoru. The current threshold is arbitrary and does not take into account the competitive growth of the sector.
• jakýkoli
• jakýkoliv
• kterýkoliv
• náladový
• svévolný
  Je to svévolný, brutální a paranoidní režim. This is an arbitrary, brutal and paranoid regime.
  Velmi rázně jsem se vyjádřil proti svévolným mimosoudním zatčením. I have spoken out very clearly and firmly against the arbitrary extrajudicial arrests.

Definition of arbitrary

• 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

Examples

• 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

Related words

• arbitrarily
• arbitrariness
• arbitraryness
• arbitrary unit