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US
/ˌpɹɑbəˈbɪɫəˌti/
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[ UK /pɹˌɒbəbˈɪlɪti/ ]
[ UK /pɹˌɒbəbˈɪlɪti/ ]
NOUN
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a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible
the probability that an unbiased coin will fall with the head up is 0.5
if that phone call is for me, chances are it's my wife -
the quality of being probable; a probable event or the most probable event
for a while mutiny seemed a probability
going by past experience there was a high probability that the visitors were lost
How To Use probability In A Sentence
- Unless the radar signal is normal to some surface (extremely low probability) the radar receives no return.
- The contours show combinations of mimic phenotypes that are attacked by predators with equal probability.
- Laplace called probability theory ‘the calculus of inductive reasoning.’
- The world will be no less confrontational just because of its economic plight; in all probability it will be more so. Times, Sunday Times
- A new neutral mutation will fix with a probability of 1/(2Ne), where Ne is the effective population size, and it will take 4Ne generations on average to do so. Death of a popular anti-ID argument
- Probability sex method can reflect systematic reliability better, affirmatory more reasonable reserve capacity.
- Heddle's argument is more sound since it involves, in practical terms, one single probability, while Collins's use of the word "improbability" implies multiple values of probabilities that can be used and thus a means to calculate them. David Heddle's take on the Fine-Tuning Argument
- The contents of the second included copies of three of the Countess's psalm metaphrases, and, in all probability, a copy of her translation of Petrarch's Trionfo della Morte.
- By the same laws of probability, the chances that a random bus will spontaneously explode for no reason are slim to none.
- Wald was working on statistics and probability and he persuaded Lukacs to take an interest in this topic too.