equiprobableadj.
/iːkwɪˈprɒbəb(ə)l/ Equally probable.
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equiprobable1921
probabilistic1928
probabilificatory1936
probabilist1938
probabilifiable1953
1921 J. M. Keynes Treat. Probability v. 65 A set of exclusive and exhaustive equiprobable alternatives.
1937 Mind 46 485 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.
1949 W. Kneale Probability & Induction 151 Even in games of chance we do not know a priori that the various alternatives are equiprobable.
1953 J. B. Carroll Study of 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.
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