chance event

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chance event - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  chance event
      n 1: anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an
           apparent cause; "winning the lottery was a happy accident";
           "the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck"; "it was due to an
           accident or fortuity" [syn: accident, stroke,
           fortuity, chance event]