uncertainty

  1. Noun.  (uncountable) doubt; the condition of being uncertain or without conviction.
  2. Noun.  (countable) Something uncertain or ambiguous.
  3. Noun.  (uncountable) (mathematics) A parameter that measures the dispersion of a range of measured values.

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