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conditional probability

–noun
Statistics, Mathematics. the probability that an event will occur under the condition that another event occurs first: equal to the probability that both will occur divided by the probability that the first will occur.

Origin:
1960–65
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conditional probability  
n.  The probability that an event will occur, given that one or more other events have occurred.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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