error (redirected from error of measurement)

er·ror  (rr)

n.

1. An act, assertion, or belief that unintentionally deviates from what is correct, right, or true.

2. The condition of having incorrect or false knowledge.

3. The act or an instance of deviating from an accepted code of behavior.

4. A mistake.

5. Mathematics The difference between a computed or measured value and a true or theoretically correct value.

6. Abbr. E Baseball A defensive fielding or throwing misplay by a player when a play normally should have resulted in an out or prevented an advance by a base runner.

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[Middle English errour, from Old French, from Latin error, from errre, to err; see ers- in Indo-European roots.]

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error·less adj.

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error

Noun

1. a mistake, inaccuracy, or misjudgment

2. the act or state of being wrong or making a misjudgment: the plane was shot down in error

3. the amount by which the actual value of a quantity might differ from an estimate: a 3% margin of error [Latin]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	error - a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults" fault, mistake nonaccomplishment, nonachievement - an act that does not achieve its intended goal blot, smirch, smear, stain, spot - an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook" mix-up, confusion - a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another; "he changed his name in order to avoid confusion with the notorious outlaw" incursion - the mistake of incurring liability or blame miscalculation, misestimation, misreckoning - a mistake in calculating distortion - the mistake of misrepresenting the facts parapraxis, slip-up, miscue, slip - a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc. offside - (sport) the mistake of occupying an illegal position on the playing field (in football, soccer, ice hockey, field hockey, etc.) lapse, oversight - a mistake resulting from inattention omission, skip - a mistake resulting from neglect blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall, bloomer - an embarrassing mistake balls-up, ballup, cockup, mess-up - something badly botched or muddled betise, folly, imbecility, stupidity, foolishness - a stupid mistake renege, revoke - the mistake of not following suit when able to do so
	2.	error - inadvertent incorrectness erroneousness incorrectness, wrongness - the quality of not conforming to fact or truth deviation - the error of a compass due to local magnetic disturbances
	3.	error - a misconception resulting from incorrect information erroneous belief misconception - an incorrect conception
	4.	error - (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed misplay failure - an act that fails; "his failure to pass the test" baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!"
	5.	error - departure from what is ethically acceptable wrongdoing evilness, evil - the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice; "attempts to explain the origin of evil in the world"
	6.	error - (computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer computer error computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent - an event that happens hardware error - error resulting from a malfunction of some physical component of the computer programming error, software error - error resulting from bad code in some program involved in producing the erroneous result algorithm error - error resulting from the choice of the wrong algorithm or method for achieving the intended result
	7.	error - part of a statement that is not correct; "the book was full of errors" mistake misstatement - a statement that contains a mistake corrigendum - a printer's error; to be corrected erratum, literal, literal error, misprint, typo, typographical error - a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind

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error

noun mistake, slip, fault, blunder, flaw, boob Brit. (slang) delusion, oversight, misconception, fallacy, inaccuracy, howler (informal) bloomer Brit. (informal) boner (slang) miscalculation, misapprehension, solecism, erratum, barry or Barry Crocker Austral. (slang)

Translations

error [ˈɛrəʳ] n → error m; equivocación f;

typing/spelling error → error de mecanografía/ortografía;

in error → por equivocación;

errors and omissions excepted → salvo error u omisión

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error [ˈɛrəʳ] n → erreur f;

typing/spelling error → faute f de frappe/d'orthographe;

in error → par erreur, par méprise;

errors and omissions excepted → sauf erreur ou omission

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error [ˈɛrəʳ] n → Fehler m;

typing/spelling error → Tipp-/Rechtschreibfehler m;

in error → irrtümlicherweise;

errors and omissions excepted → Irrtum vorbehalten

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error [ˈɛrəʳ] n → errore m;

typing/spelling error → errore di battitura/di ortografia;

in error → per errore;

errors and omissions excepted → salvo errori ed omissioni

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error [ˈerə]

1  noun a mistake His written work is full of errors.

2 the state of being mistaken I did it in error.