engelska-danska översättning av arbitrary

arbitrærEn arbitrær reduktion i brugen kan ikke være videnskabeligt funderet. An arbitrary reduction in use cannot be scientifically based. Det forekommer mig, at det er sket på et temmelig arbitrært grundlag. It seems to me that this has been done on a pretty arbitrary basis.
vilkårligVi tager afstand fra summariske, vilkårlige henrettelser. We deplore summary and arbitrary executions. Dette kan skabe risiko for vilkårlige foranstaltninger. This could open the way for arbitrary measures. Vilkårlige arrestationer og den politiske situation i Laos Arbitrary arrests and the political situation in Laos

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

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

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