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1. An act, assertion, or belief that unintentionally deviates from what is correct, right, or true: It was an error on Mark's part to hold the map upside down causing him and his family to get lost.
2. The condition of having incorrect or false knowledge: Because of an error in the referral information, the police ended up arresting the wrong person.
3. The act or an instance of deviating from an accepted code of behavior: Not wearing a tie for his friend's formal wedding was an error on the part of James, the best man.
4. A reference to something that is unintentionally done the wrong way; for example, as a result of poor judgment or not being careful: Kate's silly cat exhibited several errors by jumping on the bed and later jumping on top of the table.
5. A belief or opinion that is contrary to facts or to established doctrines: The error Mrs. White made was in not checking with the principal before scheduling a trip with the students.
6. The state of holding incorrect beliefs or opinions, or the fact of acting wrongly or misguidedly caused by human misconceptions: It was Cleo's error that she spilled the juice because she didn't realize that the lid on the container was loose.
7. The state or fact of being a mistake, or of being inappropriate or unacceptable: The error on the page was glaringly obvious when Roy's friend pointed it out to him.
8. In baseball, a fielding misplay, called when the official scorer judges that a play should have either led to an out or prevented a runner from advancing: The shortstop was charged with an error by the umpire.
9. The failure of a computer program, subroutine, or system to produce an anticipated result: The flashing light on the keyboard of the computer indicated a program error.
10. A variation between the true value of a mathematical quantity and a calculated or measured value: The clerk at the store committed an error when she was calculating the amount of taxes for the purchases.
11. Etymology: from Old French errur, from Latin errorem, "a wandering, a straying, a mistake"; from errare, "to wander".
2. The condition of having incorrect or false knowledge: Because of an error in the referral information, the police ended up arresting the wrong person.
3. The act or an instance of deviating from an accepted code of behavior: Not wearing a tie for his friend's formal wedding was an error on the part of James, the best man.
4. A reference to something that is unintentionally done the wrong way; for example, as a result of poor judgment or not being careful: Kate's silly cat exhibited several errors by jumping on the bed and later jumping on top of the table.
5. A belief or opinion that is contrary to facts or to established doctrines: The error Mrs. White made was in not checking with the principal before scheduling a trip with the students.
6. The state of holding incorrect beliefs or opinions, or the fact of acting wrongly or misguidedly caused by human misconceptions: It was Cleo's error that she spilled the juice because she didn't realize that the lid on the container was loose.
7. The state or fact of being a mistake, or of being inappropriate or unacceptable: The error on the page was glaringly obvious when Roy's friend pointed it out to him.
8. In baseball, a fielding misplay, called when the official scorer judges that a play should have either led to an out or prevented a runner from advancing: The shortstop was charged with an error by the umpire.
9. The failure of a computer program, subroutine, or system to produce an anticipated result: The flashing light on the keyboard of the computer indicated a program error.
10. A variation between the true value of a mathematical quantity and a calculated or measured value: The clerk at the store committed an error when she was calculating the amount of taxes for the purchases.
11. Etymology: from Old French errur, from Latin errorem, "a wandering, a straying, a mistake"; from errare, "to wander".
This entry is located in the following units:
err-, errat-
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-or; -our (primarily British)
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“errors”
(Latin: to close the eyes, to blink, to wink at [a crime], to overlook [errors], connive at; to be privy to [secretly knowing about]; to be tightly closed)
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“errors”
Faults in a computer-program design; such as, in the order of instructions: Logical errors may cause a program to respond incorrectly to the user's requests or to crash completely.
Indefiniteness or a mistake in a measurement process that varies unsystematically or unpredictably from measurement to measurement: The random error has a magnitude that may be quantifiable by statistical methods.
Random errors are caused by unexpected fluctuations in the readings of a measuring apparatus or by the reader of the instrument.
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err-, errat-
(page 2)