About The Word Probable
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What's The Definition Of Probable?
[n] an applicant likely to be chosen
[adj] apparently destined; "the probable consequences of going ahead with the scheme" [adj] likely but not certain to be or become true or real; "a likely result"; "he foresaw a probable loss" Synonyms | Synonyms for Probable: equiprobable | likely | plausible | presumed(a) | presumptive | verisimilar Related Terms | Find terms related to Probable: See Also | applicant | applier Probable In Webster's Dictionary \Prob"a*ble\, a. [L. probabilis, fr. probare to try,
approve, prove: cf. F. probable. See {Prove}, and cf.
{Provable}.]
1. Capable of being proved. [Obs.]
2. Having more evidence for than against; supported by
evidence which inclines the mind to believe, but leaves
some room for doubt; likely.
That is accounted probable which has better
arguments producible for it than can be brought
against it. --South.
I do not say that the principles of religion are
merely probable; I have before asserted them to be
morally certain. --Bp. Wilkins.
3. Rendering probable; supporting, or giving ground for,
belief, but not demonstrating; as, probable evidence;
probable presumption. --Blackstone.
{Probable cause} (Law), a reasonable ground of presumption
that a charge is, or my be, well founded.
{Probable error} (of an observation, or of the mean of a
number), that within which, taken positively and
negatively, there is an even chance that the real error
shall lie. Thus, if 3[sec] is the probable error in a
given case, the chances that the real error is greater
than 3[sec] are equal to the chances that it is less. The
probable error is computed from the observations made, and
is used to express their degree of accuracy.
{The probable}, that which is within the bounds of
probability; that which is not unnatural or preternatural;
-- opposed to the marvelous.
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