probability
91probability curve — Statistics. 1. a curve that describes the distribution of probability over the values of a random variable. 2. See normal curve. [1890 95] * * * …
92probability measure — noun A mathematical measure on a probability space that can take on values between 0 and 1, with 0 corresponding to the empty set and 1 to the entire space …
93probability mass function — noun A function that gives the relative probability that a discrete random variable is exactly equal to some value …
94probability distribution — noun A function of a discrete random variable yielding the probability that the variable will have a given value …
95probability density — noun probability density function …
96probability density function — noun Any function whose integral over a set gives the probability that a random variable has a value in that set …
97probability paper — noun Graph paper with vertical and horizontal rules, the latter spaced evenly and the former according to a scale that allows a plotted probability curve usually that of a normal distribution to appear linear …
98Probability density function — The probability function for a continuous random variable. The New York Times Financial Glossary …
99Probability function — A function that assigns a probability to each and every possible outcome. The New York Times Financial Glossary …
100probability distribution — a mathematical function that assigns to each measurable event in a sample space the probability that the event will occur …