English > misreckoning: 1 sense > noun 1, act| Meaning | A mistake in calculating / calculating. |
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| Synonyms | miscalculation, misestimation |
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| Narrower | backfire, boomerang | A miscalculation that recoils on its maker |
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| rounding, rounding error | (mathematics) a miscalculation that results from rounding off numbers / numbers to a convenient number of decimals |
| truncation error | (mathematics) a miscalculation that results from cutting off a numerical calculation before it is finished |
| Broader | mistake, error, fault | A wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention |
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| Spanish | desacierto, error de cálculo, error de estimación, gabarro, trabacuenta |
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| Catalan | bescompte, desencert, error de càlcul |
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