mistake error fault | a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention, he made a bad mistake, she was quick to point out my errors, I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults |
error misplay | (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed |
rounding rounding error | (mathematics) a miscalculation that results from rounding off numbers to a convenient number of decimals, the error in the calculation was attributable to rounding, taxes are rounded off to the nearest dollar but the rounding error is surprisingly small |
truncation error | (mathematics) a miscalculation that results from cutting off a numerical calculation before it is finished |
rejection | the act of rejecting something, his proposals were met with rejection |
trial and error | experimenting until a solution is found |
alpha blocker alpha-blocker alpha-adrenergic blocker alpha-adrenergic blocking agent | any of various drugs that block alpha-adrenergic receptors, used in treating benign prostatic hyperplasia, relaxes the muscles of the prostate and bladder |
alpha-interferon | a form of interferon that is produced endogenously and commercially for its pharmacological effects (including regulation of the immune system and antiviral and antineoplastic effects) |
methyldopa alpha methyl dopa Aldomet | antihypertensive drug (trade name Aldomet) used in the treatment of high blood pressure |
n-type semiconductor | a semiconductor in which electrical conduction is due chiefly to the movement of electrons |
p-type semiconductor | a semiconductor in which electrical conduction is due chiefly to the movement of positive holes |
pump-type pliers | a type of pliers |
type | a small metal block bearing a raised character on one end, produces a printed character when inked and pressed on paper, he dropped a case of type, so they made him pick them up |
type slug slug | a strip of type metal used for spacing |
erroneousness error | inadvertent incorrectness |
error wrongdoing | departure from what is ethically acceptable |
body type somatotype | a category of physique |
asthenic type ectomorphy | slender, weak, and lightweight |
endomorphy pyknic type | round, fat, and heavy |
athletic type mesomorphy | muscular and big-boned |
margin of safety safety margin margin of error | the margin required in order to insure safety, in engineering the margin of safety is the strength of the material minus the anticipated stress |
blood group blood type | human blood cells (usually just the red blood cells) that have the same antigens |
A type A group A | the blood group whose red cells carry the A antigen |
B type B group B | the blood group whose red cells carry the B antigen |
AB type AB group AB | the blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens |
O type O group O | the blood group whose red cells carry neither the A nor B antigens, people with type O blood are universal donors |
Rh-positive blood type Rh positive | the blood group (approximately % of people) whose red cells have the Rh factor (Rh antigen) |
Rh-negative blood type Rh-negative blood Rh negative | the blood group whose red cells lack the Rh factor (Rh antigen) |
alpha receptor alpha-adrenergic receptor alpha-adrenoceptor | receptors postulated to exist on nerve cell membranes of the sympathetic nervous system in order to explain the specificity of certain agents that affect only some sympathetic activities (such as vasoconstriction and relaxation of intestinal muscles and contraction of smooth muscles) |
incredulity disbelief skepticism mental rejection | doubt about the truth of something |
alpha test | (computer science) a first test of an experimental product (such as computer software) carried out by the developer |
kind sort form variety | a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality, sculpture is a form of art, what kinds of desserts are there? |
type | a subdivision of a particular kind of thing, what type of sculpture do you prefer? |
architectural style style of architecture type of architecture | architecture as a kind of art form |
error erroneous belief | a misconception resulting from incorrect information |
type specimen holotype | the original specimen from which the description of a new species is made |
alpha privative | the negative prefix a- or un- |
error correction code ECC | (telecommunication) a coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors |
writ of error | a judicial writ from an appellate court ordering the court of record to produce the records of trial |
alpha software | a first release of a software product that is usually tested only by the developers |
system error | an instruction that is either not recognized by an operating system or is in violation of the procedural rules |
alpha and omega | the basic meaning of something, the crucial part |
error mistake | part of a statement that is not correct, the book was full of errors |
misprint erratum typographical error typo literal error literal | a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind |
type | all of the tokens of the same symbol, the word `element' contains five different types of character |
type | printed characters, small type is hard to read |
type family | a complete set of type suitable for printing text |
roman roman type roman letters roman print | a typeface used in ancient Roman inscriptions |
alpha | the st letter of the Greek alphabet |
rejection | the speech act of rejecting |