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погре́шность — meaning in English

pogreshnost

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English meaning

  • error noun A mistake, especially one made unintentionally.
  • inaccuracy noun The state of not being accurate; a lack of correctness.
  • uncertainty noun A state of doubt or lack of sureness about something.

Senses

погре́шность is used for these senses in English:

  • error (statistics, countable) The difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one.
  • inaccuracy (uncountable) Incorrect calibration of a measuring device, or incorrect use; lack of precision.
  • uncertainty (uncountable, mathematics) A parameter that measures the dispersion of a range of measured values.

error — full definition

  1. noun A mistake, especially one made unintentionally.
  2. noun A malfunction or fault reported by a machine or computer program.
  3. noun The difference between a measured or calculated value and the true or correct value.

inaccuracy — full definition

  1. noun The state of not being accurate; a lack of correctness.
  2. noun A statement or piece of writing that is wrong or untrue.
  3. noun A fault in how a measuring instrument is set or used, causing imprecise results.
  4. noun (chess) A move that is not the best choice, though less serious than a mistake.
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