mathematical probability
Britishnoun
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the probability of an event consisting of n out of m possible equally likely occurrences, defined to be n / m See also principle of indifference
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the study of such probabilities
Example Sentences
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"MCMC allows you to do random explorations, using different sets of parameters, to determine a mathematical probability for an outcome," Ran explains.
From Science Daily • Oct. 15, 2025
"When you look at the mathematical probability, I would rather be 19 points ahead than behind but it is what it is."
From BBC • Nov. 7, 2021
The rate at which Holick diagnoses the disorder “doesn’t fall into the mathematical probability of chance,” Brad Tinkle, a clinical geneticist at Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital, in Indianapolis, said.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 26, 2018
Punnett squares use mathematical probability to help predict the genotype and phenotype combinations in genetic crosses.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2018
I didn't know the exact mathematical probability, but it was rather small, I had to admit.
From The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects by Ruppelt, Edward J.
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