word | PROB |
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meaning | PROB comes from the Latin words for “prove or proof” and “honesty or integrity.” A probe, whether it's a little object for testing electrical circuits or a spacecraft headed for Mars, is basically something that's looking for evidence or proof. And probable originally described something that wasn't certain but might be “provable.” |
Tags: mwvb::root, mwvb::unit:1, mwvb::unit:1:root, obsidian_to_anki
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