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: postulate: (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning → 1
Candidate hypernym: hammer throw: an athletic competition in which a heavy metal ball that is attached to a flexible wire is hurled as far as possible → 0
Candidate hypernym: mouth: a person conceived as a consumer of food → 0
Candidate hypernym: pengo: a Dravidian language spoken in south central India → 0
Candidate hypernym: interstice: small opening between things → 0
Candidate hypernym: fuel: a substance that can be consumed to produce energy → 0
Candidate hypernym: roman nettle: annual European nettle with stinging foliage and small clusters of green flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: transient: one who stays for only a short time → 0
Candidate hypernym: private treaty: a sale of property at a price agreed on by the seller and buyer without an intervening agency → 0
Candidate hypernym: maranta: any of numerous herbs of the genus Maranta having tuberous starchy roots and large sheathing leaves → 0
Candidate hypernym: jury mast: a temporary mast to replace one that has broken off → 0