HyperDic: rounding_error

English > 1 sense of the expression rounding error:
NOUNactrounding error, rounding(mathematics) a miscalculation that results from rounding off numbers / numbers to a convenient number of decimals
English > rounding error: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaning(mathematics) a miscalculation that results from rounding off numbers / numbers to a convenient number of decimals.
Example "taxes are rounded off to the nearest dollar but the rounding error is surprisingly small"
Synonymrounding
Categorymathematics, math, mathsA science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic / logic of quantity and shape and arrangement
Broadermiscalculation, misreckoning, misestimationA mistake in calculating / calculating
Spanishredondeo
Catalanarrodoniment

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