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.

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Probability Quotations

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

We can say with certainty - or 90% probability - that the new industries that are about to be born will have nothing to do with information.
Peter Drucker

Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability.
William Osler

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 consequences of an act affect the probability of it's occurring again.
B. F. Skinner

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

The scientific imagination always restrains itself within the limits of probability.
Thomas Huxley

Life is a school of probability.
Walter Bagehot

Free yourself from the rigid conduct of tradition and open yourself to the new forms of probability.
Hans Bender

In the U.S.A. or Europe there is no realistic way to estimate the type, magnitude, or probability of the risk, nor any way to narrow down the potentially affected regions.
Jurgen Habermas

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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