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蓋然率 (がいぜんりつ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

蓋がい然ぜん率りつ

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Meanings

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noun

probability; likelihood

obsolete term

Obsolete term for probability; replaced by 確率 (かくりつ) in modern Japanese. Found in older texts or historical contexts.

See also: 確率

蓋がい然ぜん率りつという言こと葉ばは、昔むかしの数すう学がく書しょで見みかけることが

ある

。

The word 蓋然率 can be seen in old mathematics books.

Kanji

蓋cover, lid, flap
然sort of thing, so, if so
率ratio, rate, proportion

Similar words

確かく率りつ
The modern standard word for 'probability'; 蓋然率 is its obsolete predecessor.

Etymology

Coined from 蓋然 (がいぜん, 'probable') and 率 (りつ, 'rate'), likely as a translation of the Western concept of probability during the Meiji era. Now obsolete.