happening+by+chance

  • 81fortuitous — adjective a) Happening by chance; coincidental or accidental. b) Happening by a lucky chance; lucky or fortunate …

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  • 82fortuitous — /fɔˈtjuətəs / (say faw tyoohuhtuhs) adjective happening or produced by chance; accidental. {Latin fortuītus casual} –fortuitously, adverb –fortuitousness, noun Usage: Strictly speaking, fortuitous means happening by chance , whether to one s… …

  • 83accidental — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Happening by chance] Syn. chance, fortuitous, coincidental, unintentional, inadvertent, unplanned, unpremeditated, undesigned, unwitting, uncalculated, unintended, unanticipated, unforeseen, unexpected, casual,… …

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  • 84Confidence interval — This article is about the confidence interval. For Confidence distribution, see Confidence Distribution. In statistics, a confidence interval (CI) is a particular kind of interval estimate of a population parameter and is used to indicate the… …

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  • 85happenstance — Synonyms and related words: accessory, accident, accidental, accidentality, actuarial calculation, addendum, addition, adjunct, adventitiousness, adventure, appendage, appurtenance, auxiliary, break, casualness, casualty, chance, chance hit,… …

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  • 86Accidental — Ac ci*den tal, a. [Cf. F. accidentel, earlier accidental.] 1. Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; casual; fortuitous; as, an accidental visit. [1913 Webster] 2. Nonessential; not… …

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  • 87Accidental chords — Accidental Ac ci*den tal, a. [Cf. F. accidentel, earlier accidental.] 1. Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; casual; fortuitous; as, an accidental visit. [1913 Webster] 2. Nonessential;… …

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  • 88Accidental colors — Accidental Ac ci*den tal, a. [Cf. F. accidentel, earlier accidental.] 1. Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; casual; fortuitous; as, an accidental visit. [1913 Webster] 2. Nonessential;… …

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  • 89Accidental lights — Accidental Ac ci*den tal, a. [Cf. F. accidentel, earlier accidental.] 1. Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; casual; fortuitous; as, an accidental visit. [1913 Webster] 2. Nonessential;… …

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  • 90Accidental point — Accidental Ac ci*den tal, a. [Cf. F. accidentel, earlier accidental.] 1. Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; casual; fortuitous; as, an accidental visit. [1913 Webster] 2. Nonessential;… …

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