"error" meaning in English

See error in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: error, error [singular], errors [plural]
  1. το λάθος, το σφάλμα
    Sense id: el-error-en-noun-b30OWrVH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: error-prone, compile-time error, quantization error, run-time error, standard error
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      "form": "error",
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      "word": "quantization error"
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      "word": "run-time error"
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      "word": "standard error"
    }
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    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We must learn from our errors.",
          "translation": "Πρέπει να μάθουμε από τα λάθη μας."
        },
        {
          "text": "I cannot rule out the possibility of an error in my calculations.",
          "translation": "Δεν μπορώ να αποκλείσω τη δυνατότητα ενός σφάλματος στους υπολογισμούς μου."
        }
      ],
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        "το λάθος, το σφάλμα"
      ],
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    }
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    {
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        {
          "text": "We must learn from our errors.",
          "translation": "Πρέπει να μάθουμε από τα λάθη μας."
        },
        {
          "text": "I cannot rule out the possibility of an error in my calculations.",
          "translation": "Δεν μπορώ να αποκλείσω τη δυνατότητα ενός σφάλματος στους υπολογισμούς μου."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "το λάθος, το σφάλμα"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "error"
}

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