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uncertainty

noun
/ʌnˈsɜːtənti/UK/ʌnˈsɝtənti/US

Etymology

From Middle English uncerteynte; equivalent to un- + certainty or uncertain + -ty.

  1. inherited from uncerteynte

Definitions

  1. Doubt

    Doubt; the condition of being uncertain or without conviction.

    • “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.
    • After spending so much of the season looking upwards, the swashbuckling style and swagger of early season Spurs was replaced by uncertainty and frustration against a Norwich side who had the quality and verve to take advantage

  2. Something uncertain or ambiguous.

  3. A parameter that measures the dispersion of a range of measured values.

The neighborhood

Derived

cone of uncertainty, corridor of uncertainty, Heisenberg uncertainty principle, Knightian uncertainty, uncertainty aversion, uncertainty principle

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at uncertainty. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at uncertainty. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at uncertainty

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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