Term: bayes' postulate: (statistics) the difficulty of applying Bayes' theorem is that the probabilities of the different causes are seldom known, in which case it may be postulated that they are all equal (sometimes known as postulating the equidistribution of ignorance)
Candidate hypernym: statement: a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc → 1
Candidate hypernym: omnipotence: the state of being omnipotent; having unlimited power → 0
Candidate hypernym: elgin marbles: a collection of classical Greek marble sculptures and fragments of architecture created by Phidias; chiefly from the Parthenon in Athens → 0
Candidate hypernym: reimposition: imposition again → 0
Candidate hypernym: smut: any fungus of the order Ustilaginales → 0
Candidate hypernym: militarism: a political orientation of a people or a government to maintain a strong military force and to be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests → 0
Candidate hypernym: palimony: support paid by one half of an unmarried partnership after the relationship ends → 0
Candidate hypernym: anachronism: something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred → 0
Candidate hypernym: totara: valuable timber tree of New Zealand yielding hard reddish wood used for furniture and bridges and wharves → 0
Candidate hypernym: lighter-than-air craft: aircraft supported by its own buoyancy → 0
Candidate hypernym: garnish: any decoration added as a trimming or adornment → 0