Chance
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, searchChance commonly refers to:
- Probability Probability is a way of expressing knowledge or belief that an event will occur or has occurred. The concept has been given an exact mathematical meaning in probability theory, which is used extensively in such areas of study as mathematics, statistics, finance, gambling, science, and philosophy to draw conclusions about the likelihood of
- Luck Luck or fortuity is good or bad fortune in life caused by accident or chance, and attributed by some to reasons of faith or superstition, which happens beyond a person's control
- Randomness Randomness has somewhat disparate meanings as used in several different fields. It also has common meanings which may have loose connections with some of those more definite meanings. The Oxford English Dictionary defines "random" thus:
- Contingency (philosophy) In philosophy and logic, contingency is the status of propositions that are neither true under every possible valuation nor not false under every possible valuation (i.e. contradictions). A contingent proposition is not necessarily true or necessarily false. Propositions that are contingent may be so because they contain logical connectives which,
- Chance (Ancient Greek concept) To many earlier Greek philosophers chance did not exist. One of the surviving fragments of Leucippus says: "Nothing occurs at random, but everything for a reason and by necessity". To the atomists the world was completely deterministic. However, Democritus also claimed that chance caused the original creation of "the heavenly
Chance may also refer to:
In people:
In places:
- Chancé Chancé is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Bretagne in north-western France, commune in Brittany, France
- Chance, Kentucky Chance is an unincorporated community in Adair County, Kentucky, United States. Its elevation is 1017 feet, United States
- Chance, Maryland Chance is a census-designated place in Somerset County, Maryland, United States. The population was 377 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Salisbury, Maryland Metropolitan Statistical Area, United States
In music:
- Chance (band), American country music group
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- Jeff Chance, born Jeff Barosh, the above band's lead singer
- "Chance" (Act song), 1988 single
- Chance, a song by Big Country Big Country were a rock band from Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, popular in the early to mid-1980s but still releasing material for a cult following until 2005. The band were notable for music heavily accented with traditional Scottish folk and martial music styles, as well as for playing and engineering their guitar sound to resemble the bagpipes,
- Chance (album) Categories: Manfred Mann's Earth Band albums | 1980 albums | Albums produced by Trevor Rabin | , by Manfred Mann's Earth Band
- Chance on the Savatage Savatage is an American progressive metal band founded by the brothers Jon and Criss Oliva in 1978 at Astro Skate in Tarpon Springs, Florida. The band has been inactive since the release of their last album in 2001, and have not performed live together since 2002, instead concentrating on the more commercially successful side project, Trans- album, Handful of Rain Handful of Rain is a heavy metal album by Savatage that was released in 1994. The first album since the death of their lead guitarist, Criss Oliva, the music is often dark in reflection of brother Jon Oliva's loss. "Alone You Breathe" is a tribute to Criss which reuses the chord progression and lyrics from the Streets song "Believe&, with a shorter, edited version on the Chance EP Chance is an EP released by Savatage in 1995, in support of the song Chance from the Handful of Rain album released in 1994
In literature:
- Chance (comics), two different characters from the Marvel Comics universe
- Chance (film), 2002 film directed by and starring Amber Benson
- Chance (magazine), statistics in society
- Chance (novel) Chance is a novel by Joseph Conrad, published in 1913 following serial publication the previous year. Although the novel was not one upon which Conrad's later critical reputation was to depend, it was his greatest commercial success upon initial publication.[citation needed], 1913 novel by Joseph Conrad
- Chance (1996 novel), 1996 novel by Robert B. Parker Robert Brown Parker was an American crime writer. His most famous works were the novels about the private detective Spenser. ABC television network developed the television series Spenser: For Hire based on the character in the late 1980s; a series of TV movies based on the character were also produced. His works incorporate encyclopedic knowledge
In other uses:
- Chance Brothers Chance Brothers and Company was a glassworks originally based in Spon Lane, Smethwick, West Midlands , in England. It was a leading glass manufacturer and a pioneer of British glassmaking technology, a glass company
- Chance (schooner), of the Arbuthnot and Ambrister incident The Arbuthnot and Ambrister incident occurred in 1818 during the First Seminole War when American General Andrew Jackson invaded Spanish Florida and captured and executed two British subjects charged with aiding Seminole and Creek Indians against the United States. Jackson's actions triggered short-lived protests from the British and Spanish
- Chance (muskox), an animal who lived at the Yukon Wildlife Preserve
- A chance also refers to a fielding play in baseball (see total chances In baseball statistics, total chances , also called chances offered, represents the number of plays in which a defensive player has participated. It is calculated as follows: Total Chances = assists + putouts + errors. Chances accepted refers to the total of putouts and assists only. Fielding percentage is calculated as chances accepted divided by)
- Chance and Community Chest cards, used in the game Monopoly
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