A National Weather Service precipitation descriptor for 30, 40, or 50 percent chance of measurable precipitation (0.01 inch). When the precipitation is convective in nature, the term scattered is used [..]

c. 1300, "something that takes place, what happens, an occurrence" (good or bad, but more often bad), from Old French cheance "accident, chance, fortune, luck, situation, the falling of [..]

late 14c., "to come about, to happen," from chance (n.). Meaning "to risk" attested from 1859. Related: Chanced; chancing.

the likelihood that a particular outcome will occur.

Chance( Luke 10:31 ). "It was not by chance that the priest came down by that road at that time, but by a specific arrangement and in exact fulfilment of a plan; not the plan of the priest, nor t [..]

be the case by chance; "I chanced to meet my old friend in the street" casual: occurring or appearing or singled out by chance; "seek help from casual passers-by [..]

something that happens without being planned. The same word also means an opportunity

(Luke 10:31). "It was not by chance that the priest came down by that road at that time, but by a specific arrangement and in exact fulfilment of a plan; not the plan of the priest, nor the plan [..]

Random variation. Difference between the outcomes from a sample of the population and the true value obtained from looking at the outcomes from the entire population. Statistical methods are used to estimate the probability that chance alone accounts for the differences in outcomes.

(n) a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances(n) an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another(n) a risk involving danger(n) a [..]

(See MAIN CHANCE.)

A National Weather Service precipitation descriptor for 30%, 40%, or 50% chance of measurable precipitation (0.01"). When the precipitation is convective in nature, the term scattered is used. See Precipitation Probability (PoP).

A National Weather Service precipitation descriptor for 30, 40, or 50 percent chance of measurable precipitation (0.01 inch). When the precipitation is convective in nature, the term scattered is used. See Precipitation Probability (PoP).

An unexpected, random, or unpredictable event. (Source: Glossary of Statistical Terms, http://www.stat.berkeley.edu/~stark/SticiGui/Text/gloss.htm) 

A 30, 40 or 50 percent chance of occurrence of measurable precipitation

A National Weather Service precipitation descriptor for 30, 40, or 50 percent chance of measurable precipitation (0.01 inch). When the precipitation is convective in nature, the term scattered is used [..]

The uninterrupted possession of the ball. A chance is a subset of a box-score “possession” because an offensive rebound, defensive block to shooting team’s possession, or defensive deflection out of bounds create a new chance but not a new possession. The reason that we use chances instead of possessions for our stats is that per-possession stats w [..]

Originally a diminutive of Chauncey. It is now usually given in reference to the English word chance meaning "luck, fortune" (ultimately derived from Latin cadens "falling&a [..]