Meaning

3 senses
  1. The difference (sometimes defined to be the absolute difference) between the measured or inferred value of a quantity and its true value.

  2. Shortest distance between the center of impact or the center of burst of a group of shots, and the point of impact or burst of a single shot within the group.

  3. Error of a sight consisting of its error in relation to a master service sight with which it is tested, including the known error of the master service sight.

Forms

plural: absolute errors
Singularabsolute error
Pluralabsolute errors

regular

Word family

1 related words

See also

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