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error

  1. A wandering; a roving or irregular course. (n.)
  2. A wandering or deviation from the right course or standard; irregularity; mistake; inaccuracy; something made wrong or left wrong; as, an error in writing or in printing; a clerical error. (n.)
  3. A departing or deviation from the truth; falsity; false notion; wrong opinion; mistake; misapprehension. (n.)
  4. A moral offense; violation of duty; a sin or transgression; iniquity; fault. (n.)
  5. The difference between the approximate result and the true result; -- used particularly in the rule of double position. (n.)
  6. The difference between an observed value and the true value of a quantity. (n.)