English Explanatory Dictionary

uncertainty

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Doubt; the condition of being uncertain or without conviction.
  2. Something uncertain or ambiguous.
  3. A parameter that measures the dispersion of a range of measured values.

Pronunciation

/ʌnˈsɜːtənti/ /ʌnˈsɝtənti/ en-us-uncertainty.ogg

Word forms

uncertainty uncertainties uncertainity

Etymology

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

Synonyms

uncertainness

Antonyms

certainty closure

Derived words

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