Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Greek myth, the goddess of fortune, a divinity whose protection was believed to assure prosperity, wealth, and good luck: often in the form Agathe Tyche (Good Fortune). Compare
agathodæmon .
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- noun (Greek mythology) the goddess of fortune; identified with Roman Fortuna
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Peirce's theory of tychism (Greek: tyche = chance) according to which “chance is a basic factor in the universe.”
INDETERMINACY IN PHYSICS MAX JAMMER 1968
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Alternative cash-register sound.
December 2, 2008