inexactness

  • 11inexactness — noun the quality of being inaccurate and having errors • Syn: ↑inexactitude • Ant: ↑exactness • Derivationally related forms: ↑inexact • Hypernyms: ↑inaccuracy …

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  • 12inexactitude — noun the quality of being inaccurate and having errors • Syn: ↑inexactness • Ant: ↑exactness (for: ↑inexactness) • Derivationally related forms: ↑inexact ( …

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  • 13Metrology — This article is about the science of measurement. For the study of weather see Meteorology. A scientist stands in front of a microarcsecond (1 millionth of 1 arcsecond or 1 millionth of 1/3600 degree) testbed. Metrology is the science of… …

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  • 14Decimal data type — Some programming languages provide a built in (primitive) or library decimal data type to represent non repeating decimal fractions like 0.3 and 1.17 without rounding, and to do arithmetic on them. Examples are the decimal.Decimal type of Python …

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  • 15Neglect — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Neglect >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 neglect neglect Sgm: N 1 carelessness carelessness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 trifling trifling &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 negligence negligence Sgm: N 1 omission …

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  • 16Error — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Error >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 error error fallacy Sgm: N 1 misconception misconception misapprehension misstanding misunderstanding Sgm: N 1 inexactness inexactness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 laxity …

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  • 17Incorrectness — In cor*rect ness, n. The quality of being incorrect; lack of conformity to truth or to a standard; inaccuracy; inexactness; as, incorrectness may consist in defect or in redundance …

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  • 18Inexactitude — In ex*act i*tude, n. 1. Inexactness; uncertainty; as, geographical inexactitude. [1913 Webster] 2. Something inexact; an instance of an inexact statement, measurement, etc.; as, in two minutes the senator has produced a dozen inexactitudes. [PJC] …

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  • 19inexact — adjective Etymology: French, from in + exact exact Date: circa 1828 1. not precisely correct or true ; inaccurate < an inexact translation > 2. not rigorous and careful < an inexact thinker > • inexactly adverb • …

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  • 20inexactitude — noun Etymology: French, from inexact Date: 1782 1. lack of exactitude or precision 2. an instance of inexactness …

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