error : Idioms & Phrases

• an error made in copying or writing.

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• noun error resulting from the choice of the wrong algorithm or method for achieving the intended result
  

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• of a transit instrument, its deviation in azimuth from the plane of the meridian.

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• adverb in an empirical manner
  through empirical observation; empirically.
  
  • this can be empirically tested

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• noun (computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer
  error.
  

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• noun error resulting from malfunction of a magnetic disk
  

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• noun (telecommunication) a coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors
  ECC.
  

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• adjective satellite capable of making an error
  erring.
  
  • all men are error-prone

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• noun error resulting from a malfunction of some physical component of the computer
  

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• (Naut.), a deviation of the compass caused by the heeling of an iron vessel to one side or the other.

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• noun any of a number of diseases in which an inherited defect (usually a missing or inadequate enzyme) results in an abnormality of metabolism
  

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• the error in the reading of a mathematical instrument arising from the zero of the index not being in complete adjustment with that of the limb, or with its theoretically perfect position in the instrument; a correction to be applied to the instrument readings equal to the error of the zero adjustment.

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• those errors in instrumental measurements, etc., which arise, exclusively from want of mathematical accuracy in an instrument.

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• (Mensuration), the law which expresses the relation between the magnitude of an error and the frequency with which that error will be committed in making a large number of careful measurements of a quantity.

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• noun a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind
  misprint; erratum; literal; typo; literal error.
  

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• noun the margin required in order to insure safety
  safety margin; margin of safety.
  
  • in engineering the margin of safety is the strength of the material minus the anticipated stress

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• (Math. Phys.), the average error of a number of observations found by taking the mean value of the positive and negative errors without regard to sign.

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• (Math. Phys.), the error the square of which is the mean of the squares of all the errors; called also, especially by European writers, mean error.

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• noun the party who appeals a decision of a lower court
  appellant.
  

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• (of an observation, or of the mean of a number), that within which, taken positively and negatively, there is an even chance that the real error shall lie. Thus, if 3&sec; is the probable error in a given case, the chances that the real error is greater than 3&sec; are equal to the chances that it is less. The probable error is computed from the observations made, and is used to express their degree of accuracy. now, usually standard deviation is used

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• noun error resulting from bad code in some program involved in producing the erroneous result
  programming error.
  

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• . (Mensuration) See Error, 6 (b).

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• noun (mathematics) a miscalculation that results from rounding off numbers to a convenient number of decimals
  rounding.
  
  • 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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• noun an error in logic or arithmetic that must be detected at run time
  run-time error; runtime error.
  

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• noun an error in logic or arithmetic that must be detected at run time
  run-time error; runtime error.
  

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• noun an error in logic or arithmetic that must be detected at run time
  run-time error; runtime error.
  

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• noun error resulting from bad code in some program involved in producing the erroneous result
  programming error.
  

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• noun an error of language resulting from code that does not conform to the syntax of the programming language
  
  • syntax errors can be recognized at compilation time
  • a common syntax error is to omit a parenthesis

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• noun an instruction that is either not recognized by an operating system or is in violation of the procedural rules
  

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• noun experimenting until a solution is found
  

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• adjective satellite trying out various means or theories until error is satisfactorily reduced or eliminated
  
  • he argued that all learning is a trial-and-error process that resembles biological evolution
• adjective satellite relating to solving problems by experience rather than theory
  
  • they adopted a trial-and-error procedure

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• noun (mathematics) a miscalculation that results from cutting off a numerical calculation before it is finished
  

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• noun a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind
  misprint; erratum; literal; typo; literal error.
  

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• noun a judicial writ from an appellate court ordering the court of record to produce the records of trial
  

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• (Law), an original writ, which lies after judgment in an action at law, in a court of record, to correct some alleged error in the proceedings, or in the judgment of the court.

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