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 |
trial and error | experimenting until a solution is found |
public address system P.A. system PA system P.A. PA | an electronic amplification system used as a communication system in public areas |
erroneousness error | inadvertent incorrectness |
savoir-faire address | social skill |
error wrongdoing | departure from what is ethically acceptable |
address | the stance assumed by a golfer in preparation for hitting a golf ball |
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 |
error erroneous belief | a misconception resulting from incorrect information |
title title of respect form of address | an identifying appellation signifying status or function: e.g. `Mr.' or `General', the professor didn't like his friends to use his formal title |
address computer address reference | (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored |
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 |
system error | an instruction that is either not recognized by an operating system or is in violation of the procedural rules |
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 |
address destination name and address | written directions for finding some location, written on letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location |
return address | the address of the sender of a letter or parcel indicating where it should be returned if it cannot be delivered |
address | a sign in front of a house or business carrying the conventional form by which its location is described |
address | the manner of speaking to another individual, he failed in his manner of address to the captain |
address speech | the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience, he listened to an address on minor Roman poets |
Gettysburg Address | a three-minute address by Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War at the dedication of a national cemetery on the site of the Battle of Gettysburg (November , ) |
inaugural address inaugural | an address delivered at an inaugural ceremony (especially by a United States president) |
keynote speech keynote address | a speech setting forth the keynote |
nominating speech nominating address nomination | an address (usually at a political convention) proposing the name of a candidate to run for election, the nomination was brief and to the point |
salutatory address salutatory oration salutatory | an opening or welcoming statement (especially one delivered at graduation exercises) |
valediction valedictory address valedictory oration valedictory | a farewell oration (especially one delivered during graduation exercises by an outstanding member of a graduating class) |
error computer error | (computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer |
hardware error | error resulting from a malfunction of some physical component of the computer |
disk error | error resulting from malfunction of a magnetic disk |
software error programming error | error resulting from bad code in some program involved in producing the erroneous result |
semantic error run-time error runtime error | an error in logic or arithmetic that must be detected at run time |
syntax error | an error of language resulting from code that does not conform to the syntax of the programming language, syntax errors can be recognized at compilation time, a common syntax error is to omit a parenthesis |
algorithm error | error resulting from the choice of the wrong algorithm or method for achieving the intended result |
address | the place where a person or organization can be found or communicated with |
mailing address | the address where a person or organization can be communicated with |
street address | the address where a person or organization can be found |
business address | the address at which a business is located |
appellant plaintiff in error | the party who appeals a decision of a lower court |
inborn error of metabolism | any of a number of diseases in which an inherited defect (usually a missing or inadequate enzyme) results in an abnormality of metabolism |
address | adjust and aim (a golf ball) at in preparation of hitting |
address turn to | speak to, He addressed the crowd outside the window |
address speak | give a speech to, The chairman addressed the board of trustees |
address accost come up to | speak to someone |
address direct | put an address on (an envelope) |
re-address | put a new address on (an envelope), as for forwarding |
cover treat handle plow deal address | act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression, This book deals with incest, The course covered all of Western Civilization, The new book treats the history of China |