mathematical probability

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the probability of an event consisting of n out of m possible equally likely occurrences, defined to be n / mSee also principle of indifference

the study of such probabilities

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Brit equivalent: classical probability

Words nearby mathematical probability

math, mathematical, mathematical expectation, mathematical induction, mathematical logic, mathematical probability, mathematician, mathematics, mathematize, Mather, Mather, Cotton

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How to use mathematical probability in a sentence

It takes Sharp four hours to get into character: “I take joy in the mathematical, symmetrical precision and perfectness of Bach.”
The Brit Who Stormed Broadway|Tim Teeman|December 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He majored in mathematical physics, studying mind-bending theories of quantum mechanics and partial differential equations.
How the NSA Became a Killing Machine|Shane Harris|November 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
To my mathematical brain, the numbers alone make thinking about aliens perfectly rational.
The Other Side of Stephen Hawking: Strippers, Aliens, and Disturbing Abuse Claims|Marlow Stern|November 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Kempton subsequently offered what he reasoned to be mathematical proof of her powers.
Tupac and Murray Kempton: The Godfather Who Wore Tweed|Michael Daly|June 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Probability: 96 percent, unless this spring you finally gave up and ordered central air conditioning, in which case, 15 percent.
Let’s Lay Out the Odds on Your Crazy Summer|Kelly Williams Brown|May 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At last there appeared some probability of their accomplishing this, after a most curious and truly Mexican fashion.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
But if the Bible was written by men, some of them more or less inspired, then it would not, in all probability be wholly perfect.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford
A second main division of our schooling was mathematical instruction of a sort.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Had justice been ever taken into account, you and I would, in all probability, not have met on the present business.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
We arrive then at this one certain fact, that the flatter the model of a violin the greater the probability of a good fine tone.
Violins and Violin Makers|Joseph Pearce