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Absolute error

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relative errornoun(mathematics) The absolute value of the ratio of the absolute error to the actual value.
absolute meannoun(mathematics) The mean of the absolute magnitude of a function that has both positive and negative values.
differencenoun(uncountable) The quality of being different.
deviateverb(intransitive) To go off course from; to change course; to change plans.
trivial absolute valuenoun(number theory) An absolute value (or norm) for a field which is defined to be equal to one for any element of the field other than the field's zero, for which it is defined to be equal to zero.
rounding errornoun(mathematics) The difference between the result of a calculation using exact arithmetic and finite-precision, rounded arithmetic.
finite differencenounA difference between the value of a function evaluated at a number, and the value of the same function evaluated at a different number, a fixed distance from the first.
equidifferencenoun(mathematics) An equal difference.
machine epsilonnoun(computing) An upper bound on the relative approximation error due to rounding in floating-point arithmetic, denoted by the symbol ε.
amplitudenounThe measure of the size of something, especially its width or breadth; largeness, magnitude.
averagenoun(statistics) Any measure of central tendency, especially any mean, the median, or the mode.
absolute geometrynoun(geometry) The single (up to logical equivalence) geometry whose axiomatic system is equivalent to that of Euclidean geometry without the parallel postulate or any alternative.
pseudoapproximationnoun(mathematics) An approximation where the error of approximation is greater than ε because calculation of a true approximation is not feasible.
absolute valuenoun(mathematics) For a complex number a+bi, the principal square root of the sum of the squares of its real and imaginary parts, √. Denoted by vertical bars |,|.
apotomenoun(music) The remaining part of a whole tone after a minor second has been deducted from it; an augmented unison. Most commonly used to refer to the Pythagorean chromatic semitone, which has a ratio of 2187/2048.
round-off errornoun(numerical analysis) The difference between the result produced by a given algorithm using exact arithmetic and the result produced by the same algorithm using finite-precision, rounded arithmetic.
residualnounA remainder left over at the end of some process.
arithmetic averagenoun(statistics) The arithmetic mean.
valuenounThe quality that renders something desirable or valuable; worth.
absolute constantnoun(mathematics) A constant that maintains the same value wherever it occurs; such as π.

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