likelihood
- Noun. The probability of a specified outcome; the chance of something happening; probability; the state of being probable.
- Noun. (mathematics) Shorthand for likelihood function; the probability that a real world experiment would generate a specific datum, as a function of the parameters of a mathematical model.
- Noun. Likeness, resemblance.
- Noun. (archaic) Appearance, show, sign, expression.
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