rounding error
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- noun
- /ˈraʊndɪŋ ˈɛrər/
- Specialized
:
error de redondeo
- It's a rounding error, towards 0.
- amounted to a rounding error
- more than a rounding error
Examples
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How about we take a rounding error of, let's say... a few hundred billion?
Blog text (33) -
Note: Percentages subject to rounding error.
Academic text (1994) -
Like this is a tiny rounding error in, in, in our federal budget.
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It's barely a rounding error in the Fed government.
Blog text (19) -
To be sure, in a company of GE's size, $50 million is little more than a rounding error.
Academic text (2017) -
So, 15 million m3 of ice in that lake is a rounding error in the missing ice world of the NSIDC.
Blog text (33) -
Those stats are barely more than a rounding error; 27,000 of 76 million is like 3%.
Blog text (21) -
Because No.'s are extrapolated, there is some rounding error which accounts for slight deviations from the state total No. reported in other tables.
Academic text (1992) -
There was a small rounding error in my calculations that affected the final result.
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The accountant explained that the discrepancy was merely a rounding error in the financial report.
Synonyms
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A small error in a calculation when a number is made shorter with fewer decimals
The small error that comes from making a number less exact
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun 'rounding error' is directly compositional: it denotes an error caused by rounding (the process of adjusting a numeric value), so a learner who knows 'round' and 'error' can readily infer the meaning. The structure and concept are literal and common in other languages/technical contexts, making it immediately understandable to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Rounding error comes from the idea of rounding numbers to fewer decimals. The word rounding means making a number simpler and error means a small mistake, so the phrase describes the tiny mistakes that happen when we make numbers simpler by rounding.