probability theory

1. 1.

   the branch of applied mathematics that deals with probabilities

   Synonymstheory of probability

   Broaderapplied mathematics

   Partsbinomial theorem

   statistics

Questions about probability theory

What does probability theory mean?

probability theory means "the branch of applied mathematics that deals with probabilities".

What is another word for probability theory?

Close synonyms include theory of probability. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is probability theory a common word?

probability theory is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.