"error bar" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: error bars [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} error bar (plural error bars)
  1. (sciences) A bar used on a graph to indicate the range of one standard deviation in the result of an experimental measurement. Categories (topical): Sciences Translations (bar denoting one standard deviation): Fehlerbalken [masculine] (German), 오차막대 (ochamakdae) (Korean)
    Sense id: en-error_bar-en-noun-CWl7MWAs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: sciences

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