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Definition of Probability
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Probability
The quality or state of being probable; appearance of reality or truth; reasonable ground of presumption; likelihood. That which is or appears probable; anything that has the appearance of reality or truth. 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. Related Definitions:
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Probability Quotations
Life is a school of probability. Walter Bagehot The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just. Abraham Lincoln The consequences of an act affect the probability of it's occurring again. B. F. Skinner The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong. Andy Rooney The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to certainty; the new therefore always appears in the guise of a miracle. Hannah Arendt |
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Probability Translations
probability in German is Wahrscheinlichkeit, wahrscheinlich probability in Italian is verosimiglianza probability in Spanish is probabilidad, apariencia probability in Swedish is sannolikhet |
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