rand

South African currency

Rand is a rough edge or border, particularly the strip of leather between the sole and upper of a shoe.

In metalworking, rand refers to a thin strip or border.

The word is archaic in most contexts. (Capitalized Rand refers to the South African currency or the writer Ayn Rand.)

edge

rim

Circular outer boundary

periphery · strip · selvage · edging · binding · hem

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currency systems

randUS dollar

American monetary unit

reserve currency · dollar · euro · pound sterling · Swiss franc

philosophical/political ideology (Ayn Rand)

randKarl Marx

collectivism · altruism · Marx · socialism · communism

randomness (computing/mathematics)

randdeterministic

Completely caused by prior conditions

predictable · fixed · sequential · ordered · constant

Phrases
Family

grand, random, randomly, randomness, randomized, randomize, randomizing, rands

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G