Is it possible to put a probability space into the Hierarchy of mathematical spaces?

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a random variable is understood as a measurable function defined on a probability space whose outcomes are typically real numbers

so, is it possible to put a probability space into this Hierarchy of mathematical spaces?

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It doesn‘t fit into this total order: a probability space is simply a measure space such that the measure of the whole space is $1$. A measure can be put on any set and a priori it doesn‘t have any relation to topological spaces or metric spaces.

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Probability spaces are a special kind of measure spaces (just those with total measure 1). There's no intrinsic relation between measures and topologies, or between measures and metrics. You can put a measure (even a probability measure) on any set you want (Exception: you can't put a probability measure on the empty set).