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• in a state of uncertainty — index contingent, indeterminate, pending (unresolved), provisional Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• Uncertainty — For the film of the same name, see Uncertainty (film). Certainty series Agnosticism Belief Certainty Doubt Determinism Epistemology …   Wikipedia

• Uncertainty — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Uncertainty >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 uncertainty uncertainty incertitude doubt Sgm: N 1 doubtfulness doubtfulness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 dubiety dubiety dubitation dubitancy| dubitousness GRP …   English dictionary for students

• Uncertainty — You may be uncertain why uncertainty deserves a place in a medical dictionary but some would say that uncertainty is a key element in medicine. The core predicament of medicine the thing that makes being a patient so wrenching, being a doctor so… …   Medical dictionary

• state of flux — noun a state of uncertainty about what should be done (usually following some important event) preceding the establishment of a new direction of action the flux following the death of the emperor • Syn: ↑flux • Hypernyms: ↑state …   Useful english dictionary

• uncertainty — uncertainty, doubt, dubiety, dubiosity, skepticism, suspicion, mistrust can all mean a feeling of unsureness about someone or something. Uncertainty stresses the lack of certainty or certitude that may range from a mere falling short of these to… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• Uncertainty — Un*cer tain*ty, n.; pl. {Uncertainties}. [1913 Webster] 1. The quality or state of being uncertain. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is uncertain; something unknown. [1913 Webster] Our shepherd s case is every man s case that quits a moral certainty… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• State (disambiguation) — State or The State may refer to:Government* A sovereign political entity ** State ** Unitary state ** Nation state ** State (law), a well defined jurisdiction, with its own set of laws and courts. *State (country subdivision), a non sovereign… …   Wikipedia

• 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 principle — In quantum physics, the Heisenberg uncertainty principle states that locating a particle in a small region of space makes the momentum of the particle uncertain; and conversely, that measuring the momentum of a particle precisely makes the… …   Wikipedia

• uncertainty — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. incertitude, doubt. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The mental state of being uncertain] Syn. perplexity, doubt, dubiety, dubiosity, skepticism, puzzlement, quandary, mystification, guesswork, conjecture,… …   English dictionary for students