English Dictionary

surprisal

IPA（発音記号）

/sə(ɹ)ˈpɹaɪzəl/

名詞

可算名詞 廃用 不可算名詞

(obsolete, military) A surprise attack or ambush; a sudden or unexpected assault. / (obsolete) A sudden coming-upon someone or something unexpectedly or unawares.

日本語の意味

奇襲、待ち伏せなど、突発的・予期しない攻撃や襲撃 / 不意打ち、突然の襲撃

The commander attributed the enemy's victory to a well-timed surprisal that shattered their defenses.

司令官は、敵の勝利は陣地を打ち砕いた時宜を得た奇襲によるものだと述べた。

意味（1）

(obsolete, military) A surprise attack or ambush; a sudden or unexpected assault.

Their chiefe attempts are by Stratagems, trecheries, or surprisals.

意味（2）

(obsolete) A sudden coming-upon someone or something unexpectedly or unawares.

How to secure the lady from surprisal

意味（3）

(obsolete) A surprising event or occurrence.

意味（4）

(obsolete) The feeling caused by being surprised; surprise, shock, amazement.

意味（5）

An information measure as equal in bits (binary digits) to the base-2 log of 1 over the probability, with the result that the number of choices equals 2ⁿ where n is the number of bits.

surprisals （ plural ）