measure quantity amount | how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify |
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 |
doorsill doorstep threshold | the sill of a door, a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway |
doorway door room access threshold | the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building, the space that a door can close, he stuck his head in the doorway |
maximum and minimum thermometer | thermometer that records the highest and lowest temperatures reached during a period of time |
threshold element threshold gate | a logic element that performs a threshold operation |
erroneousness error | inadvertent incorrectness |
error wrongdoing | departure from what is ethically acceptable |
threshold level | the intensity level that is just barely perceptible |
quantity | an adequate or large amount, he had a quantity of ammunition |
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 |
utmost uttermost maximum level best | the greatest possible degree, he tried his utmost |
threshold limen | the smallest detectable sensation |
absolute threshold | the lowest level of stimulation that a person can detect |
pain threshold | the lowest intensity of stimulation at which pain is experienced, some people have much higher pain thresholds than do other people |
difference threshold differential threshold difference limen differential limen | the smallest change in stimulation that a person can detect |
quantity | the concept that something has a magnitude and can be represented in mathematical expressions by a constant or a variable |
numerical quantity | a quantity expressed as a number |
variable variable quantity | a quantity that can assume any of a set of values |
constant constant quantity invariable | a quantity that does not vary |
parameter parametric quantity | a constant in the equation of a curve that can be varied to yield a family of similar curves |
error erroneous belief | a misconception resulting from incorrect information |
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 |
unknown unknown quantity | a variable whose values are solutions of an equation |
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 |
unknown quantity | a factor in a given situation whose bearing and importance is not apparent, I don't know what the new man will do, he's still an unknown quantity |
maximum | the point on a curve where the tangent changes from positive on the left to negative on the right |
appellant plaintiff in error | the party who appeals a decision of a lower court |
oxeye daisy Leucanthemum maximum Chrysanthemum maximum | similar to oxeye daisy |
shasta daisy Leucanthemum superbum Chrysanthemum maximum maximum | hybrid garden flower derived from Chrysanthemum maximum and Chrysanthemum lacustre having large white flower heads resembling oxeye daisies, often placed in the genus Chrysanthemum |
threshold operation | an operation performed on operands in order to obtain the value of a threshold function |
fundamental quantity fundamental measure | one of the four quantities that are the basis of systems of measurement |
definite quantity | a specific measure of amount |
indefinite quantity | an estimated quantity |
relative quantity | a quantity relative to some purpose |
prime prime quantity | a number that has no factor but itself and |