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uncertainty

/ʌnˈsɜːtənti/ noun

In Latin: incertum Wiktionary

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  1. Doubt; the condition of being uncertain or without conviction.
  2. Something uncertain or ambiguous.
    Some uncertainties remain; an especially salient uncertainty is the timing of their return trip.
  3. A parameter that measures the dispersion of a range of measured values.

Origin

From Middle English uncerteynte; equivalent to un- + certainty or uncertain + -ty.

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