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rounding error
noun
computing an error introduced into a computation by the need to perform rounding
Example Sentences
That’s almost a rounding error on a federal government spending spreadsheet.
“You might get sued or have to pay a few hundred million dollars in fines, but these are rounding errors on their profits.”
“The baby itself becomes a rounding error,” Dr. Marshall said.
The firm said they were likely to lift inflation by a negligible 0.01 percentage points, while weighing on growth in a similar way, calling the effect a "rounding error".
Cyrus describes his mother’s death as a “rounding error” — if the number of dead had been 289 instead of 290, the larger significance of the event would not have changed.
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