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rounding error

(Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) Computing an error introduced into a computation by the need to perform rounding

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rounding error - (mathematics) a miscalculation that results from rounding off numbers to a convenient number of decimals; "the error in the calculation was attributable to rounding"; "taxes are rounded off to the nearest dollar but the rounding error is surprisingly small"

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miscalculation, misestimation, misreckoning - a mistake in calculating

math, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement

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