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ROUNDING ERROR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(mathematics) a miscalculation that results from rounding off numbers to a convenient number of decimals
Example:
taxes are rounded off to the nearest dollar but the rounding error is surprisingly small
Synonyms:
rounding; rounding error
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("rounding error" is a kind of...):
miscalculation; misestimation; misreckoning (a mistake in calculating)
Domain category:
math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)
