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absolute errors

absolute errors is the plural of absolute error.

Meaning of absolute error

Noun

absolute error (plural absolute errors)

  1. The difference (sometimes defined to be the absolute difference) between the measured or inferred value of a quantity and its true value.
  2. (military gunnery) Shortest distance between the center of impact or the center of burst of a group of shots, and the point of impact or burst of a single shot within the group.
  3. (military gunnery) Error of a sight consisting of its error in relation to a master service sight with which it is tested, including the known error of the master service sight.

Questions about absolute errors

What is absolute errors the plural of?
Absolute errors is the plural of absolute error.

Words near absolute errors in the dictionary

  1. absolute ego
  2. absolute egos
  3. absolute endorsement
  4. absolute endorsements
  5. absolute error
  6. absolute errors
  7. absolute fee simple
  8. absolute form
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  10. absolute frequencies
  11. absolute frequency

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