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Look up: chance

  1. Chance
    Random, unpredictable influences on events.
    Found on http://www.psychics.co.uk/define/

  2. Chance
    Random, unpredictable influences on events.
    Found on http://www.psychicscience.org/paraglos.x

  3. chance
    [n] - a risk involving danger 2. [v] - be the case by chance
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  4. chance
    any unit of operation in the forest,with particular reference to its topographical characteristics,e.g.logging chance(logging show),gravity chance(where logging is facilitated by natural slope),pump chance(where the water situation permits the use of power pumps for fire control) Category: agricu...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  5. Chance
    Chance (chȧns) noun [ French chance , Old French cheance , from Late Latin cadentia a allusion to the falling of the dice), from Latin cadere to fall; akin to Sanskrit çad to fall, Latin cedere to yield...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/53

  6. Chance
    Chance intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Chanced ; present participle & verbal noun Chancing .] To happen, come, or arrive, without design or expectation. 'Things that chan...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/53

  7. Chance
    Chance transitive verb 1. To take the chances of; to venture upon; -- usually with it as object. « Come what will, I will chance it. W. D. Howells. » 2. To befall; to happen to. [ Obsolete] W. Lambarde.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/53

  8. Chance
    Chance adjective Happening by chance; casual.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/53

  9. Chance
    Chance adverb By chance; perchance. Gray.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/53

  10. Chance
    G.Q., 20th century British radiologist. ... See: Chance fracture. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  11. chance
    noun a risk involving danger; `you take a chance when you let her drive`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  12. chance
    noun a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible; `the probability that an unbiased coin will fall with the head up is 0.5`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  13. Chance
    • (a.) Happening by chance; casual. • (n.) A supposed material or psychical agent or mode of activity other than a force, law, or purpose; fortune; fate; -- in this sense often personified. • (n.) The supposed effect of such an agent; something that befalls, as the result of unknown o...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  14. Chance
    (from the article `Conrad, Joseph`) ...relatively secure. He was awarded a Civil List pension of £100, and the American collector John Quinn began to buy his manuscripts—for what now ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/53

  15. chance
    (from the article `Berra, Yogi`) ...(all since broken) for catchers of his era; he held the records for most home runs hit while playing in the position of catcher (313), most ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/53

  16. Chance
    Chance is a English mixed name. The meaning of the name is `Keeper of the Records ` Where is it used? The name Chance is mainly used In English. Chance appears In 2007`s top-1000 name list at rank 246.. 1996 was a `top year` for the name Chance. (Based on 128 years of name history) In that year it ranked #154. The last time Chance appea
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/boys and

  17. Chance
    Type: Term Pronunciation: chants Definitions: 1. G.Q., 20th-century British radiologist. See: Chance fracture
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio

  18. chance
    chance, in mathematics: see probability.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A09116

  19. Chance
    (Lat. cadere, to fall) 1. Property or being undetermined. 2. Property of being predictable according to the laws of probability (q.v.). -- A.C.B. Chance events, according to Aristotle, are occurrences purposive in appearance but not actually the result of either conscious or unconscious teleology. -...
    Found on http://www.ditext.com/runes/c.html

  20. chance
    Likelihood, or probability, of an event taking place, expressed as a fraction or percentage. For example, the chance that a tossed coin will land heads up is 50%. As a science, it originated when the Chevalier de Méré consulted Blaise Pascal about how to reduce his gambling losses. In 1664, in correspondence with another mathematician...
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  21. Chance
    (film) `Chance` is a 2002 film, the directing debut of actress Amber Benson (best known from her role as Tara Maclay on Buffy the Vampire Slayer). Benson directed, wrote, produced and starred in this film. Featuring many of Benson`s co-stars from Buffy, including co-star ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chance

  22. Chance
    (comics) `Chance` is the name of two unrelated fictional characters in the Marvel Universe. The first is a mercenary and enemy of Spider-Man, the second a mutant who originally appeared in Fallen Angels vol. 1 #1. Chance (Nicholas Powell): image= --> Fictional character biography: Weal...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chance

  23. 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. Chance is ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chance

  24. Chance
    (album) `Chance` is an album released in 1980 by Manfred Mann`s Earth Band. Track listing : #"Lies (Through the 80s)" (Denny Newman) – 4:37 #"On the Run" (Manfred Mann, Tony Ashton, Florrie Palmer) – 3:53 #"For You" (Bruce Springsteen) â€â...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chance

  25. Chance
    (Act song) "`Chance`" is the third single by Act. It was released by ZTT Records in February 1988, but was quickly withdrawn. This may have something to do with the 12" mix containing an unauthorised sample of ABBA`s "Take a Chance on Me". ZTT promptly released the ba...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chance



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12 February 2012

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/calendar/ On February 12, 1809, Charles Robert Darwin was born at The Mount in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. Darwin was one of the last of the eclectic scientists who preceded the age of professional specialization. His genius lay in his ability to select, from the facts which he so diligently collected, every relevant point and fit it into his bold and far-reaching theories. He was not the first to advance a theory of evolution; but his massive weight of evidence carried conviction where earlier theorists had failed. He was shy and modest and shrank from controversy, an unfortunate trait in the author of the most controversial book of the century. read more

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