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error bar

error bar noun: a bar used on a graph to indicate the range of one standard deviation in the result of an experimental measurement.

Noun

error bar (plural error bars)

  1. A bar used on a graph to indicate the range of one standard deviation in the result of an experimental measurement.

Forms of error bar

pluralerror bars

Questions about error bar

What does error bar mean?
Error bar means a bar used on a graph to indicate the range of one standard deviation in the result of an experimental measurement.
What part of speech is error bar?
Error bar is a noun.
What is the plural of error bar?
The plural of error bar is error bars.

Words near error bar in the dictionary

  1. erroneous
  2. erroneously
  3. erroneousness
  4. erroneousnesses
  5. error
  6. error bar
  7. error bars
  8. error box
  9. error boxes
  10. error carried forward
  11. error catastrophe

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