Uncertainty

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  • noun. The condition of being uncertain; doubt.
  • noun. Something uncertain.
  • noun. The estimated amount or percentage by which an estimated or calculated value may differ from the true value.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The character or state of being uncertain; want of certainty.
  • noun. Of persons: a state of doubt; a state in which one knows not what to think or do; hesitation; irresolution.
  • noun. Something not certainly or exactly known; anything not determined, settled, or established; a contingency.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The quality or state of being uncertain.
  • noun. That which is uncertain; something unknown.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. doubt; the condition of being uncertain or without conviction.
  • noun. Something uncertain or ambiguous.
  • noun. (mathematics) A parameter that measures the dispersion of a range of measured values.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the state of being unsure of something
  • noun. being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance
  • Word Usage
    "The next few hours were for me fraught with fearful anxiety and uncertainty, -- yes, _uncertainty_, -- for (to my shame, let it be recorded) I actually debated in my own mind whether or not to desert these unfortunate boys of mine, who could not themselves escape the threatened danger."
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