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Chance — (ch[.a]ns), n. [F. chance, OF. cheance, fr. LL. cadentia a allusion to the falling of the dice), fr. L. cadere to fall; akin to Skr. [,c]ad to fall, L. cedere to yield, E. cede. Cf. {Cadence}.] 1. A supposed material or psychical agent or mode of … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Chance comer — Chance Chance (ch[.a]ns), n. [F. chance, OF. cheance, fr. LL. cadentia a allusion to the falling of the dice), fr. L. cadere to fall; akin to Skr. [,c]ad to fall, L. cedere to yield, E. cede. Cf. {Cadence}.] 1. A supposed material or psychical… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
chance — n 1 Chance, accident, fortune, luck, hap, hazard denote something that happens without an apparent or determinable cause or as a result of unpredictable forces. Chance serves often as a general term for the incalculable and fortuitous element in… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
The last chance — Chance Chance (ch[.a]ns), n. [F. chance, OF. cheance, fr. LL. cadentia a allusion to the falling of the dice), fr. L. cadere to fall; akin to Skr. [,c]ad to fall, L. cedere to yield, E. cede. Cf. {Cadence}.] 1. A supposed material or psychical… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
The main chance — Chance Chance (ch[.a]ns), n. [F. chance, OF. cheance, fr. LL. cadentia a allusion to the falling of the dice), fr. L. cadere to fall; akin to Skr. [,c]ad to fall, L. cedere to yield, E. cede. Cf. {Cadence}.] 1. A supposed material or psychical… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Chance (philosophy) — The word chance in philosophy means a complex of causes that produces an indeterministic process with indeterministic effects, therefore not necessary, not deterministic contingency. The ancient concept of chance as not existences of causes is… … Wikipedia
Chance Chancellor — Phillip Chancellor IV John Driscoll as Phillip Chancellor IV (2009) The Young and the Restless Portrayed by Andrew Clark Rogers (1988) Chuckie and Kenny Gravino ( … Wikipedia
Chance (Ancient Greek concept) — Ancient Greek philosophy had two concepts of chance, both causes of effects that happen incidentally, but differentiated in the second book of Aristotle s Physics as follows: * Tyche (or luck ) operates in the mind. * Automaton (or chance )… … Wikipedia
Chance , Britton — (1913–) American biophysicist Chance was born an engineer s son in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania; he was educated at the University of Pennsylvania, where he obtained his PhD in 1940 and where he served as E.R. Johnson Professor of Biophysics from… … Scientists
game of chance — noun a game that involves gambling • Syn: ↑gambling game • Hypernyms: ↑gambling, ↑gaming, ↑play, ↑game • Hyponyms: ↑fantan, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
