uncertainty
Doubt; the condition of being uncertain or without conviction.
Other meanings
Something uncertain or ambiguous.
A parameter that measures the dispersion of a range of measured values.
Antonyms
- certainty
- closure
Related words
- corridor of uncertainty
- cone of uncertainty
- Knightian uncertainty
- uncertainty principle
- uncertainty aversion
Example sentences
Word history
From Middle English "uncerteynte".
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