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Chance , Chance
In both science and religion there is a lively debate about the role of chance in the universe. In science, this debate usual takes the form o… aleatory music , aleatory music (from Lat. alea, dice; hence the throw of the dice for chance). Synonym for indeterminacy, i.e. mus. that cannot be predicted before p… Snowball , snow·ball / ˈsnōˌbôl/ • n. 1. a ball of packed snow, esp. one made for throwing at other people for fun. ∎ fig. a thing that grows rapidly in intensi… Abraham De Moivre , Moivre, Abraham De
MOIVRE, ABRAHAM DE
probability.
De Moivre was one of the many gifted Protestants who emigrated from France to England following th… Stochastic , sto·chas·tic / stəˈkastik/ • adj. randomly determined; having a random probability distribution or pattern that may be analyzed statistically but may… collocate , col·lo·cate / ˈkäləˌkāt/ • v. 1. [intr.] Linguistics (of a word) be habitually juxtaposed with another with a frequency greater than chance: “maiden”…
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