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round-off error

round-off error noun: the difference between the result produced by a given algorithm using exact arithmetic and the result produced by the same algorithm using finite-precision, rounded arithmetic.

Noun

round-off error (plural round-off errors)

  1. (numerical analysis) The difference between the result produced by a given algorithm using exact arithmetic and the result produced by the same algorithm using finite-precision, rounded arithmetic.

Forms of round-off error

pluralround-off errors

Questions about round-off error

What does round-off error mean?
Round-off error means the difference between the result produced by a given algorithm using exact arithmetic and the result produced by the same algorithm using finite-precision, rounded arithmetic.
What part of speech is round-off error?
Round-off error is a noun.
What is the plural of round-off error?
The plural of round-off error is round-off errors.

Words near round-off error in the dictionary

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