rounding error
rounding error · rounding errors
Rundungsfehler
The difference between the result of a calculation using exact arithmetic and…The difference between the result of a calculation using exact arithmetic and finite-precision, rounded arithmetic.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)The difference between the result of a calculation using exact arithmetic and finite-precision, rounded arithmetic.
The rocket's malfunction was down to a rounding error in the mathematics of its trajectory guidance.
Rundungsfehler
(broadly, countable, uncountable)A negligible fraction of something.
In the budget of the rocket forces, the 200 thousand dollars for the investigation was a mere rounding error.
More definitions
- (mathematics) a miscalculation that results from rounding off numbers to a convenient number of decimals
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Forms
plural: rounding errors| Singular | rounding error |
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Synonyms
2 synonymsroundoff error
Close in meaning
- (mathematics) a miscalculation that results from rounding off numbers to a convenient number of decimals:rounding
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5 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable