PROBABILITY


Meaning of PROBABILITY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌprä-bə-ˈbi-lə-tē ]

noun

( plural -ties )

Date: 15th century

1. : the quality or state of being probable

2. : something (as an event or circumstance) that is probable

3.

a.

(1) : the ratio of the number of outcomes in an exhaustive set of equally likely outcomes that produce a given event to the total number of possible outcomes

(2) : the chance that a given event will occur

b. : a branch of mathematics concerned with the study of probabilities

4. : a logical relation between statements such that evidence confirming one confirms the other to some degree

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.