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1. Independence
   Is a very important concept in probability and statistics. When the occurrence or nonoccurrence of an event has no impact or statistical influence on another event then the events are said to be independent of one another. When stock market or other asset returns are substituted for events, these ob...
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2. independence
   [Noun] When a country stops being ruled by another country and rules itself.
   Example: The anniversary of Jamaican independence is in August.
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3. independence
   Separation of responsibilities which ensures the accomplishment of objective evaluation. After [dob].
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4. independence
   [n] - freedom from control or influence of another or others 2. [n] - a city in western Missouri 3. [n] - the successful ending of the American Revolution
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5. independence
   in the calculus of probabilities,independence is usually defined by reference to the principle of compound probabilities.Two events are independent if the probability of one is the same whether the other is given or not Category: Mathematics • notion expressing the database independence ...
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6. Independence
   In`de·pend'ence noun [ Confer French indépendance .] 1. The state or quality of being independent; freedom from dependence; exemption from reliance on, or control by, others; self-subsistence or maintenance; direction of one's own affairs ...
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7. independence
   1. The relationship between two or more events in which no information about any combination of some of them contains any information about any combination of the others. ... 2. The state of mutual detachment between or among autonomous units. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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8. independence
   noun the successful ending of the American Revolution; `they maintained close relations with England even after independence`
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9. Independence
   • (n.) The state or quality of being independent; freedom from dependence; exemption from reliance on, or control by, others; self-subsistence or maintenance; direction of one`s own affairs without interference. • (n.) Sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood.
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10. independence
    (from the article `formal logic`) ...It is strongly complete if the addition to it (as an extra axiom) of any wff whatever that is not already a theorem would make the system ... The independence of the axioms is usually proved by using more than two truth values. These values are divided into two classes: the desired and the ... [2 ...
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11. Independence
    city, seat (1870) of Montgomery county, southeastern Kansas, U.S. Independence lies on the Verdigris River, near Elk City Lake (dammed for flood ...
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12. Independence
    city, seat of Jackson county, western Missouri, U.S., immediately east of Kansas City. It is the hometown of President Harry S. Truman (who was born ...
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13. Independence
    Independence is a English girl name. The meaning of the name is `Freedom` The name Independence doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Independence seems to be unique!
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14. Independence
    USS Independence is an American Forrestal Class aircraft carrier of 60000 tons standard displacement launched in 1958. USS Independence is powered by eight Babcock & Wilcox boilers driving four Westinghouse geared turbines providing a top speed of 33 knots and a range of 8000 miles at 20 knots. She carries a crew of 5249 including 2279 aircrew ...
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15. independence
    Type: Term Pronunciation: in′dē-pen′dens Definitions: 1. The relationship between two or more events in which no information about any combination of some of them contains any information about any combination of the others. 2. The state of mutual detachment between or among autonomous units.
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16. independence
    Separation of responsibilities, which encourages the accomplishment of objective testing. [After DO-178b]...
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17. Independence
    Not being subject to control by others.
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18. Independence
    In a set of postulates for a mathematical discipline (see Mathematics), a particular postulate is said to be independent if it cannot be proved as a consequence of the others. A non-independent postulate is thus superfluous, and should be dropped. In a logistic system (q. v.), a primitive formula or...
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19. Independence
    City in western Missouri, USA, a suburb of Kansas City, on the Missouri River; seat of Jackson County; population (2000 est) 113,300. It is the centre of an agricultural region; industries include steel, agricultural machinery, Portland cement, petroleum refining, and flour milling. History Settled in 1827, it was one of the chief river...
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20. independence
    The right to independent government achieved by India in 1947, and the creation of the new nation of Pakistan.
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21. Independence
    Is a very important concept in probability and statistics. When the occurrence or nonoccurrence of an event has no impact or statistical influence on another event then the events are said to be independent of one another. When stock market or other asset returns are substituted for events, these ob...
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22. Independence
    (probability theory) In probability theory, to say that two events are `independent` intuitively means that the occurrence of one event makes it neither more nor less probable that the other occurs. For example: Similarly, two random variables are independent if the conditional probability di...
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23. Independence
    `Independence` is a condition of a nation, country, or state in which its residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over its territory. Attainment of independence should not be confused with revolution, which typically refers to the violent...
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24. Independence
    (disambiguation) `Independence` is the self-government of a nation, country, or state by its residents and population. `Independence` may also mean: Mathematics and technology: Place names: ;United States ;Elsewhere Other uses:
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25. Independence
    (mathematical logic) In mathematical logic, `independence` refers to the unprovability of a sentence from other sentences. A sentence σ is `independent` of a given first-order theory T if T neither proves nor refutes σ; that is, it is impossible to prove σ...
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