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chance, in mathematics: see probability probability, in mathematics, assignment of a number as a measure of the "chance" that a given event will occur. There are certain important restrictions on such a probability measure. ..... Click the link for more information. . Chance See also Fate. Charity (See GENEROSITY.) Bridoison, Taiel de judge who casts dice to decide cases. [Fr. Lit.: Pantagruel] lake-dwelling sorceress and personification of chance. [Ital. Lit.: Orlando Innamorato] goddess of chance. [Rom. Myth.: Kravitz, 58] renowned American oddsmaker. [Am. Culture: Wallechinsky, 468] suicidal gamble involving a six-shooter, loaded with one bullet. [Folklore: Payton, 590] god of chance. [Rom. Myth.: Espy, 42–43] always make discoveries by accident. [Br. Lit.: Three Princes of Serendip] oracular gems used for casting lots, set in Aaron’s breastplate. [O.T.: Exodus 28:30; Leviticus 8:8] |
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| We may congratulate each other on the chance of leaving this horrible place. If he can't, we shall have another chance of catching them in the shrubbery, before many more nights are over our heads. It was at the end of a week of this sort of waiting, roaming about in the bitter winds or loafing in saloons, that Jurgis stumbled on a chance in one of the cellars of Jones's big packing plant. |
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