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equiprobable, a.|iːkwɪˈprɒbəb(ə)l| [f. equi- + probable a.] Equally probable.
1921J. M. Keynes Treat. Probability v. 65 A set of exclusive and exhaustive equiprobable alternatives. 1937Mind XLVI. 485 No-one imagines that he can tell a priori what are the probabilities of the various alternatives when they cannot be seen to be equi-probable. 1949W. Kneale Probability 151 Even in games of chance we do not know a priori that the various alternatives are equiprobable. 1953J. B. Carroll Study Lang. vii. 200 There are thirty-two characters..which can be transmitted; if these characters are regarded as equiprobable, the transmission of one character represents five units of information, five being the logarithm of 32 to the base 2. |