"absolute error" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: absolute errors [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} absolute error (plural absolute errors)
  1. (mathematics) The difference (sometimes defined to be the absolute difference) between the measured or inferred value of a quantity and its true value. Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-absolute_error-en-noun-ZbipIC6O Topics: mathematics, sciences
  2. (military gunnery) Shortest distance between the center of impact or the center of burst of a group of shots, and the point of impact or burst of a single shot within the group. Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-absolute_error-en-noun-PICkVxfL
  3. (military gunnery) Error of a sight consisting of its error in relation to a master service sight with which it is tested, including the known error of the master service sight. Categories (topical): Military Related terms: relative error
    Sense id: en-absolute_error-en-noun-O4mhOvxq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 22 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (in mathematics): absoluta eraro (Esperanto), ekarto (Esperanto)
Disambiguation of 'in mathematics': 54 0 46

Inflected forms

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