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1 uncertainty
nounഅനിശ്ചിതത്വം, അസ്ഥിരത
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uncertainty — ► NOUN (pl. uncertainties) 1) the state of being uncertain. 2) something that is uncertain or causes one to feel uncertain … English terms dictionary
uncertainty — un‧cer‧tain‧ty [ʌnˈsɜːtnti ǁ ɜːr ] noun [uncountable] a situation when what will happen in the future is likely to change, often in a way that is bad: • Exchange rate uncertainty is bound to reduce investment. uncertainty over/about • The… … Financial and business terms
uncertainty — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, great, high (esp. AmE), significant, substantial ▪ The 1990s were a period of high uncertainty for businesses. ▪ fundamental … Collocations dictionary
uncertainty — noun 1) the uncertainty of the stock market Syn: unpredictability, unreliability, riskiness, chanciness, precariousness, changeability, variability, inconstancy, fickleness, caprice Ant: predictability 2) uncer … Thesaurus of popular words
uncertainty — noun Date: 14th century 1. the quality or state of being uncertain ; doubt 2. something that is uncertain Synonyms: uncertainty, doubt, dubiety, skepticism, suspicion, mistrust mean lack of sureness about someone or something. uncertainty may… … New Collegiate Dictionary
uncertainty principle — noun Date: 1929 a principle in quantum mechanics: it is impossible to discern simultaneously and with high accuracy both the position and the momentum of a particle (as an electron) called also Heisenberg uncertainty principle … New Collegiate Dictionary
uncertainty principle — noun Heisenberg uncertainty principle. Syn: indeterminacy principle … Wiktionary
uncertainty — I noun ambiguity, ambivalence, chance, confusion, contingency, darkness, desultoriness, dilemma, dimness, doubt, doubtfulness, dubiousness, equivocation, faintness, feebleness, gamble, hazard, hesitancy, hesitation, improbability, incertitude,… … Law dictionary
uncertainty — noun a) doubt; the condition of being uncertain or without conviction. b) Something uncertain or ambiguous. Ant: certainty … Wiktionary
uncertainty principle — noun Physics the principle, stated by Werner Heisenberg, that the momentum and position of a particle cannot both be precisely determined at the same time … English new terms dictionary
uncertainty principle — noun (quantum theory) the theory that it is impossible to measure both energy and time (or position and momentum) completely accurately at the same time • Syn: ↑indeterminacy principle • Topics: ↑quantum theory • Hypernyms: ↑scientific theory … Useful english dictionary