About The Word Probability
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Probability
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What's The Definition Of Probability?
[n] the quality of being probable
[n] a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; "what is the probability of rain?"; "we have a good chance of winning" Synonyms | Synonyms for Probability: chance Related Terms | Find terms related to Probability: See Also | amount | cross section | joint probability | likelihood | likeliness | measure | odds | quality | quantity | quantum Probability In Webster's Dictionary \Prob`a*bil"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Probabilities}. [L.
probabilitas: cf. F. probabilit['e].]
1. The quality or state of being probable; appearance of
reality or truth; reasonable ground of presumption;
likelihood.
Probability is the appearance of the agreement or
disagreement of two ideas, by the intervention of
proofs whose connection is not constant, but appears
for the most part to be so. --Locke.
2. That which is or appears probable; anything that has the
appearance of reality or truth.
The whole life of man is a perpetual comparison of
evidence and balancing of probabilities.
--Buckminster.
We do not call for evidence till antecedent
probabilities fail. --J. H.
Newman.
3. (Math.) Likelihood of the occurrence of any event in the
doctrine of chances, or the ratio of the number of
favorable chances to the whole number of chances,
favorable and unfavorable. See 1st {Chance}, n., 5.
Syn: Likeliness; credibleness; likelihood; chance.
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