"probvious" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: Blend of probabilistically + obvious. Coined by American mathematician John Horton Conway in 2013. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|probabilistically|obvious}} Blend of probabilistically + obvious, {{coin|en|John Horton Conway|in=2013|nat=American|occ=mathematician}} Coined by American mathematician John Horton Conway in 2013 Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} probvious (not comparable)
  1. (mathematics, computing theory) Able to be shown to hold with very high confidence via heuristic arguments, but not formally provable. Tags: not-comparable Related terms: quasitrivial
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