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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 property of being inaccurate; lack of accuracy.
  • 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 property of being inaccurate; lack of accuracy.
  2. noun A statement, passage etc. that is inaccurate or false.
  3. noun Incorrect calibration of a measuring device, or incorrect use; lack of precision.
  4. noun A move that is considered suboptimal, but not as bad as a mistake or blunder.

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