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error
has definitions from the fields of baseball,computer science
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[ noun ] a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
Examples "he made a bad mistake" "she was quick to point out my errors" "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults" Used in print (John R. Sargent, "Where To Aim Your Planning for Bigger...)As markets become larger and marketing more complex , the costs of an error become progressively larger . (James Boylan, "Mutinity"...)Hudson 's first error of the fourth voyage occurred only a_few miles down the Thames . (U.S. Reports. Volume 364. Cases Adjudged in the...)He alleged no specific procedural errors or evidence withheld ; nor did he elaborate just what favorable evidence the Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation reports might disclose . (Raymond J. Corsini et al., Roleplaying in Business...)The entire group of managers explained , in great detail , a number of human relations errors that he made . One_by_one , these errors were discussed and one_by_one he rejected accepting them as errors . |
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[ noun ] inadvertent incorrectness
Synonyms Used in print (Cornell H. Mayer, "Radio Emission of the Moon...)Therefore , neglecting the extreme outbursts , reflected solar_radiation is not expected to cause sizable errors in the measurements of planetary radiation in the centimeter - and decimeter wave-length range . The result of the observations is ( in ` K ) **f where the phase angle , �qt , is measured in degrees from new_moon and the probable errors include absolute as_well_as relative errors . The result of the observations is ( in ` K ) **f where the phase angle , �qt , is measured in degrees from new_moon and the probable errors include absolute as_well_as relative errors . (J. F. Vedder, "Micrometeorites", in Francis S. J...)The extrapolation may be in error for several reasons . The observational data determining the concentration distribution have a range of error which is magnified in the extension into the micrometeorite region . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a misconception resulting from incorrect information
Synonyms Used in print (Edward E. Kelly, S.J., "Christian Unity in England"...)A century ago , Newman saw that liberalism ( what we now might call secularism ) would gradually but definitely make its mark on English_Protestantism , and that even high_Anglicanism would someday no_longer be a `` serviceable breakwater against doctrinal errors more fundamental than its own '' . (Nathan Rapport, ""I've Been Here before!"...)Dr._H._V._Hilprecht , Professor of Assyrian at the University_of_Pennsylvania , dreamed that a Babylonian priest , associated with the king Kurigalzu , ( 1300 B.C. . ) escorted him to the treasure chamber of the temple of Bel , gave him six novel points of information about a certain broken relic , and corrected an error in its identification . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed
Synonyms Used in print (The Sun, [Baltimore],...)Jim_Gentile bounced a hard shot off Kunkel 's glove and beat it out for a single , and when Lumpe grabbed the ball and threw it over first_baseman Throneberry 's head Brandt took third and Gentile second on the error . Two errors by New_York Yankee shortstop Tony_Kubek in the eleventh inning donated four unearned_runs and a 5 - to 2 victory to the Chicago_White_Sox today . (Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)The Yanks also took advantage of three Cincinnati errors . |
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[ noun ] departure from what is ethically acceptable
Synonyms Used in print (Guy Endore, Voltaire! Voltaire!...)How could the rich , for whom life was made so simple , ever understand the subterfuges , the lies , the frauds , the errors , sins and even crimes to which the poor were driven in their efforts to overcome the great advantages the rich had in the race of life ? Related terms |
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[ noun ] (computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer
Synonyms Related terms happening programming_error hardware_error algorithm_error computer_science |
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[ noun ] part of a statement that is not correct
Synonyms Examples "the book was full of errors" Related terms |
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