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probability theory

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The mathematical study of probability (the likelihood of occurrence of random events in order to predict the behavior of defined systems).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: mathematics, sciences

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Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

the branch of applied mathematics that deals with probabilities

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: theory of probability

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: applied mathematics, applied math

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Across languages

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69 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: waarskynlikheidsleer — study of probability
  • Albanian: teoria e probabilitetit — study of probability
  • Armenian: հավանականությունների տեսություն (havanakanutʻyunneri tesutʻyun) — study of probability
  • Asturian: teoría de la probabilidá — study of probability
  • Azerbaijani: ehtimal nəzəriyyəsi — study of probability
  • Basque: probabilitate teoria — study of probability
  • Belarusian: тэорыя імавернасцей (teóryja imavjernascjej) — study of probability
  • Bengali: সম্ভবনা তত্ত্ব (śombhobona totto) — study of probability
  • Catalan: teoria de la probabilitat — study of probability
  • Chinese Mandarin: 概率論 /概率论 (gàilǜlùn) — study of probability
  • Czech: teorie pravděpodobnosti — study of probability
  • Danish: sandsynlighedsregning — study of probability
  • Dutch: kansrekening — study of probability
  • Estonian: tõenäosusteooria — study of probability
  • Finnish: todennäköisyysteoria — study of probability
  • French: théorie des probabilités — study of probability
  • French: calcul des probabilités — study of probability
  • French: proba — study of probability
  • Galician: teoría da probabilidade — study of probability
  • Georgian: ალბათობის თეორია (albatobis teoria) — study of probability
  • German: Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie — study of probability
  • Greek: θεωρία πιθανοτήτων (theoría pithanotíton) — study of probability
  • Hebrew: תורת ההסתברות (torát hahistabrút) — study of probability
  • Hindi: प्रायिकता सिद्धांत (prāyiktā siddhānt) — study of probability
  • Hungarian: valószínűségszámítás — study of probability
  • Icelandic: líkindafræði — study of probability
  • Indonesian: teori peluang — study of probability
  • Irish: teoiric na dóchúlachta — study of probability
  • Italian: teoria della probabilità — study of probability
  • Japanese: 確率論 (kakuritsuron) — study of probability
  • Karakalpak: itimallıqlar teoriyası — study of probability
  • Kazakh: ықтималдық теориясы (yqtimaldyq teoriäsy) — study of probability
  • Korean: 확률론 (hwangnyullon) — study of probability
  • Central Kurdish: تیۆریی ئەگەر (tyorîy eger) — study of probability
  • Kyrgyz: ыктымалдуулук теориясы (ıktımalduuluk teoriyası) — study of probability
  • Latvian: varbūtību teorija — study of probability
  • Lithuanian: tikimybių teorija — study of probability
  • Malay: teori kebarangkalian — study of probability
  • Mongolian: магадлалын онол (magadlalyn onol) — study of probability
  • Norwegian: sannsynlighetsteori — study of probability
  • Occitan: teoria dei probabilitats — study of probability
  • Odia: ସମ୍ଭାବ୍ୟତା ସିଦ୍ଧାନ୍ତ (sambhābyatā siddhānta) — study of probability
  • Ossetian: уӕвӕны теори (wævæny teori) — study of probability
  • Persian: نظریه احتمالات — study of probability
  • Polish: rachunek prawdopodobieństwa — study of probability
  • Polish: teoria prawdopodobieństwa — study of probability
  • Portuguese: teoria das probabilidades — study of probability
  • Portuguese: teoria da probabilidade — study of probability
  • Punjabi: ਸੰਭਾਵਿਕਤਾ ਸਿਧਾਂਤ (sambhāviktā sidhānt) — study of probability
  • Romanian: teoria probabilităților — study of probability
  • Russian: тео́рия вероя́тности (teórija verojátnosti) — study of probability
  • Serbo-Croatian: teorija vjerojatnosti — study of probability
  • Sinhalese: සම්භාවිතා වාදය (sambhāwitā wādaya) — study of probability
  • Slovak: teória pravdepodobnosti — study of probability
  • Slovene: verjetnostni račun — study of probability
  • Spanish: teoría de la probabilidad — study of probability
  • Swedish: sannolikhetsteori — study of probability
  • Swedish: sannolikhetslära — study of probability
  • Tagalog: teorya ng probabilidad — study of probability
  • Tajik: назарияи эҳтимолият (nazariya-yi ehtimoliyat) — study of probability
  • Tamil: நிகழ்தகவுக் கோட்பாடு (nikaḻtakavuk kōṭpāṭu) — study of probability
  • Thai: ทฤษฎีความน่าจะเป็น — study of probability
  • Turkish: olasılık teorisi — study of probability
  • Turkmen: ähtimallyk teoriýasy — study of probability
  • Ukrainian: теорія ймовірностей (teorija jmovirnostej) — study of probability
  • Urdu: نظریۂ احتمال — study of probability
  • Uzbek: ehtimollar nazariyasi — study of probability
  • Vietnamese: lý thuyết xác suất — study of probability
  • Welsh: damcaniaeth tebygolrwydd — study of probability