Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

conditional probability

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.45 in modern English

Syllables: con-di-tion-al prob-a-bil-i-ty
IPA

34

Scrabble Score

22

Letters

8

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The probability that an event will take place given the restrictive assumption that another event has taken place, or that a combination of other events has taken place. (Mathematically, the definition would be that the conditional probability of B given A is equal to the joint probability of A and B divided by the probability of A.)

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

conditional probabilities (plural)

Phrases

joint probability

Frequently Paired Words

joint probability

Synonyms

contingent probability

Questions

What does conditional probability mean?: The probability that an event will take place given the restrictive assumption that another event has taken place, or that a combination of other events has taken place. (Mathematically, the definition would be that the conditional probability of B given A is equal to the joint probability of A and B divided by the probability of A.)

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