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error bars

error bars is the plural of error bar.

Meaning of error bar

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.

Questions about error bars

What is error bars the plural of?
Error bars is the plural of error bar.

Words near error bars in the dictionary

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

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