uncertainty
Etymology
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Etymology
From Middle English uncerteynte; equivalent to un- + certainty or uncertain + -ty.
Pronunciation Noununcertainty
- (uncountable) Doubt; the condition of being uncertain or without conviction.
- 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC ↗, page 51 ↗:
- “Well,” I answered, at first with uncertainty, then with inspiration, “he would do splendidly to lead your cotillon, if you think of having one.” ¶ “So you do not dance, Mr. Crocker?” ¶ I was somewhat set back by her perspicuity.
- (countable) Something uncertain or ambiguous.
- (uncountable, mathematics) A parameter that measures the dispersion of a range of measured values.
- French: incertitude
- German: Unsicherheit, Ungewissheit
- Italian: incertezza
- Portuguese: incerteza
- Russian: неуве́ренность
- Spanish: incertidumbre, incerteza
- German: Unsicherheit
- Portuguese: incerteza
- Russian: неуве́ренность
- Russian: погре́шность
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