Chance
Encyclopedia
Philosophy, logic and theology
- Chance (philosophy)
- Contingency (philosophy)Contingency (philosophy)In philosophy and logic, contingency is the status of propositions that are neither true under every possible valuation nor false under every possible valuation . A contingent proposition is neither necessarily true nor necessarily false...
- IndeterminismIndeterminismIndeterminism is the concept that events are not caused, or not caused deterministically by prior events. It is the opposite of determinism and related to chance...
- LuckLuckLuck or fortuity is good fortune which occurs beyond one's control, without regard to one's will, intention, or desired result. There are at least two senses people usually mean when they use the term, the prescriptive sense and the descriptive sense...
- ProbabilityProbabilityProbability is ordinarily used to describe an attitude of mind towards some proposition of whose truth we arenot certain. The proposition of interest is usually of the form "Will a specific event occur?" The attitude of mind is of the form "How certain are we that the event will occur?" The...
- RandomnessRandomnessRandomness has somewhat differing meanings as used in various fields. It also has common meanings which are connected to the notion of predictability of events....
Places
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, a commune in Brittany, France - Chance, KentuckyChance, KentuckyChance is an unincorporated community in Adair County, Kentucky, United States. Its elevation is 1017 feet ....
, U.S. - Chance, MarylandChance, MarylandChance is a census-designated place in Somerset County, Maryland, United States. The population was 377 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Salisbury, Maryland Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
, U.S. - Chance, VirginiaChance, VirginiaChance is an unincorporated community in Essex County, in the U.S. state of Virginia....
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Music
- Chance (band)Chance (band)Chance was an American country music group composed of Jeff Barosh , Mick Barosh , John Buckley , Jon Mulligan and Billy Hafer...
, an American country music group - Kamal GivensKamal GivensKamal Charles Givens, also known as Chance, is best known for his role on VH1's I Love New York, and is one of 20 contenders for the affections of Tiffany Pollard. On I Love New York, Chance appears with his brother Real, with whom he was raised on a horse ranch...
or Chance, American rapper and reality-show contestant - Chance RecordsChance RecordsChance Records was a Chicago-based label founded in 1950 by Art Sheridan. It specialized in blues, jazz, doo-wop, and gospel.Among the acts who recorded for Chance were The Flamingos, The Moonglows, Homesick James, J. B. Hutto, Brother John Sellers, and Schoolboy Porter...
, an American record label
Albums
- Chance (album)Chance (album)Chance is an album released in 1980 by Manfred Mann's Earth Band.- Track listing :Side one#"Lies " – 4:37#"On the Run" – 3:53#"For You" – 5:41...
, by Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Chance EPChance EPChance is an EP released by Savatage in 1995, in support of the song Chance from the Handful of Rain album released in 1994.-Track listing:# "Chance" - 04:50# "Nothing Going On" - 04:07...
, by Savatage, or the title song
Songs
- "Chance" (Act song)Chance (Act song)"Chance" is the third single by Act. It was released by ZTT Records in February 1988, but was quickly withdrawn. This may have something to do with the 12" mix containing an unauthorised sample of ABBA's "Take a Chance on Me"...
- "Chance" (Big Country song)
- "Chance!" (Koharu Kusumi song)Chance! (Koharu Kusumi song)is the 4th solo single of Morning Musume and Hello! Project member Koharu Kusumi, under the name of . Tsukishima is a character in the anime series Kirarin Revolution that Kusumi is the voice of, and "Chance!" was the fifth opening theme for the anime Kirarin Revolution, while its c/w track...
- "Chance!", by Uverworld from TimelessTimeless (UVERworld album)Timeless is the first full album by Japanese rock band Uverworld. The album was released on February 15, 2006. The album entered the Oricon charts 33 times and it's ranked 5th at its peak. The album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan.On November 22, 2006, another...
- "Chance!", by Yui AsakaYui Asakais a Japanese actress, a J-Pop singer, and an idol who came to fame in the 1980s.- Biography :Yui was born in Miyazaki, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan, and later attended Nakano High School. In 1984, she was the Grand Prix Winner for a Young Girls Comics Magazine. Yui was featured as the main character...
Other media
- Chance (comics)Chance (comics)Chance is the name of two unrelated fictional characters in the Marvel Universe. The first is a mercenary and enemy of Spider-Man, the second a mutant who originally appeared in Fallen Angels vol. 1 #1.-Chance :...
, two different characters from the Marvel Comics universe - Chance (film)Chance (film)Chance is a 2002 film, the directing debut of actress Amber Benson . Benson directed, wrote, produced and starred in this film. Featuring many of Benson's co-stars from Buffy, including co-star James Marsters , appeared in the film...
, a 2002 film directed by and starring Amber Benson - "Chance" (Fear Itself)Chance (Fear Itself)Chance is the tenth episode in the television series Fear Itself on NBC. This episode was completed but not broadcast in the United States.-Plot:...
, an episode of the TV series Fear Itself - Chance (novel)Chance (novel)Chance is a novel by Joseph Conrad, published in 1913 following serial publication the previous year. Although the novel was not one upon which Conrad's later critical reputation was to depend, it was his greatest commercial success upon initial publication.Chance is narrated by Conrad's regular...
, a 1913 novel by Joseph Conrad - Chance (Parker novel), a 1996 novel by Robert B. ParkerRobert B. ParkerRobert Brown Parker was an American crime writer. His most famous works were the novels about the private detective Spenser. ABC television network developed the television series Spenser: For Hire based on the character in the late 1980s; a series of TV movies based on the character were also...
Other uses
- Chance (name)Chance (name)Chance is a masculine given name and a surname. The given name is of Middle English origin, meaning "good fortune". There are several variants. The surname is Old French origin from cheance, also Middle English cheance . The oldest public record of the surname dates to 1310 in Essex...
, a given name and surname - Chance BrothersChance BrothersChance Brothers and Company was a glassworks originally based in Spon Lane, Smethwick, West Midlands , in England. It was a leading glass manufacturer and a pioneer of British glassmaking technology....
, a glass company - Chance Coach, now Optima Bus, a brand of small transit buses
- Chance (baseball), a defensive statistic
- Chance and Community Chest cardsChance and Community Chest cardsChance cards and Community Chest cards are special cards used in the board game Monopoly. The player draws one of these cards when the player's token lands on one of the respectively named spaces on the Monopoly board and must follow its instructions...
, used in the game Monopoly