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surprisal
  1. (obsolete, military) A surprise attack or ambush; a sudden or unexpected assault. [16th-19th c.]
  2. (obsolete) A sudden coming-upon someone or something unexpectedly or unawares. [17th c.]
  3. (obsolete) A surprising event or occurrence. [17th-19th c.]
  4. (obsolete) The feeling caused by being surprised; surprise, shock, amazement. [17th-19th c.]
  5. An information measure first defined by Myron Tribus in his 1961 book Thermostatics and Thermodynamics (D. Van Nostrand, New York) so that it is equal in bits to the base-2 log of 1 over the probability, with the result that e.g. the number of choices equals 2 to the number of bits.
  6. Examples:
    1. “The tradition probably refers to an unsuccessful attempt at surprisal by their enemies.”
      “The surprisal of this was entrusted to Tarleton, who, with his dragoons was in Webster's advanced guard.”
      “He is so honourably merciful to women in surprisal, that only that makes him an excellent courtier.”
surprise
  1. Something not expected.
  2. (attributive) Unexpected.
  3. The feeling that something unexpected has happened.
  4. (obsolete) A dish covered with a crust of raised pastry, but with no other contents.
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “To everyone's surprise, Eliza would claim she was part of a small tribe of natives.”
      “Ralph's actions were completely out of character and a complete surprise to those who knew him.”
      “Bobby's brilliant exam results were a great surprise to his family.”
surprisingness
  1. The condition of being surprising
  2. Examples:
    1. “The images of the electric eel and the popping tangle of seaweed convey something of the speed and surprisingness of William's mind.”
      “They have the complexity and the surprisingness of human beings, and human beings are capable of anything.”
      “We can also estimate the surprisingness of applicability conjectures, by assessing how likely it is that a production rule step would produce very few models.”
surprisation
  1. (rare, proscribed) The act of being surprised.
surprisement
  1. (rare) Action of surprising.
surprising
  1. A situation in which somebody is surprised.
surpriser
  1. Someone who surprises.
  2. Examples:
    1. “In Exodus we undergo the first of a multitude of shocking surprises, issuing from the great surpriser, the primal shocker.”
surprisings
  1. plural of surprising
surprisals
  1. plural of surprisal
surprisers
  1. plural of surpriser
surprises
  1. plural of surprise
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Technology still has many surprises for us down the road, particularly in the wireless area.”
      “However, the doctor warns that her heart is still very weak and any sudden shocks or surprises could kill her.”
      “However all is not quite as it seems, and the audience is taken on a journey of twists and turns, with laughs and a few surprises along the way.”
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