Uncertainty
61uncertainty — The state or quality of being unknown or vague. Such vagueness, obscurity, or confusion in any written instrument, e.g., a will, as to render it unintelligible to those who are called upon to execute or interpret it, so that no definite meaning… …
62uncertainty — Lacking in certainty. As applied to pleadings, the word does not include ambiguity, although the leading English dictionaries give the word uncertain as one of the meanings of the word ambiguous. See Kraner v Haney, 82 Cal 209, 212, 22 P 1137 …
63uncertainty factor — confidence interval used to assess the probable accuracy of an estimate; value used in toxicological assessment to apply data from experimental animals to man or from selected individuals to the general population …
64uncertainty principle — noun Physics the principle, stated by Werner Heisenberg, that the momentum and position of a particle cannot both be precisely determined at the same time …
65uncertainty principle — noun (quantum theory) the theory that it is impossible to measure both energy and time (or position and momentum) completely accurately at the same time • Syn: ↑indeterminacy principle • Topics: ↑quantum theory • Hypernyms: ↑scientific theory …
66Anxiety/Uncertainty Management — (AUM) is a theory developed by Dr. William B. Gudykunst in an attempt to define what makes up effective communication. Gudykunst’s research began in 1985 using existing theories as a starting point. Specifically, the existing research of… …
67Measurement uncertainty — In metrology, measurement uncertainty is a non negative parameter characterizing the dispersion of the values attributed to a measured quantity. The uncertainty has a probabilistic basis and reflects incomplete knowledge of the quantity. All… …
68Cone of Uncertainty — In project management, the Cone of Uncertainty describes the evolution of the amount of uncertainty during a project. At the beginning of a project, comparatively little is known about the product or work results, and so estimates are subject to… …
69Multiplier uncertainty — In macroeconomics, multiplier uncertainty is lack of perfect knowledge of the multiplier effect of a particular policy action, such as a monetary or fiscal policy change, upon the intended target of the policy. For example, a fiscal policy maker… …
70Propagation of uncertainty — In statistics, propagation of uncertainty (or propagation of error) is the effect of variables uncertainties (or errors) on the uncertainty of a function based on them. When the variables are the values of experimental measurements they have… …
