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n. - English mathematician for whom a theorem is named (1702-1761).

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Usage examples (37)
  • "No; but you shook your head; and according to our friend Bayes, that is the same thing, you know."
  • Mrs. Mountford played "Bayes" "with more variety than had ever been thrown into the part before."
  • It is interesting that you mention Bayes 'theorem.
  • Bayes, form'd by Nature's Stage and Town to bless,
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