| chance |
opportunity: a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances; "the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington"; "now is your chance" luck: an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another; "bad luck caused his downfall"; "we ran into each other by pure chance" a risk involving danger; "you take a chance when you let her drive" be the case by chance; "I chanced to meet my old friend in the street" gamble: take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; "When you buy these stocks you are gambling" probability: a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible; "the probability that an unbiased coin will fall with the head up is 0.5" prospect: the possibility of future success; "his prospects as a writer are excellent" find: come upon, as if by accident; meet with; "We find this idea in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day" accidental: occurring or appearing or singled out by chance; "their accidental meeting led to a renewal of their friendship"; "seek help from casual passers-by"; "a casual meeting"; "a chance occurrence"
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| chance |
A 30, 40 or 50 percent chance of occurrence of measurable precipitation.
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| Chance f. |
horizontal splitting of the neural arch and body of a vertebra, usually in the lumbar region, caused by a flexion-distraction force; called also seat belt f.
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| Chance fracture |
see under fracture.
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| chance |
being undetermined. Events without apparent cause. An accidental happening.
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