rounding error

NOUN

14 LETTERS · STARTS WITH R

rounding error is a valid 14-letter word worth 15 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS

R1O1U1N1D2I1N1G2E1R1R1O1R1

1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 0 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =15 PTS

DOUBLE WORD → 30TRIPLE WORD → 45

MEANING

What does rounding error mean?

NOUN · 1 SENSE

(mathematics) a miscalculation that results from rounding off numbers to a convenient number of decimals.

“taxes are rounded off to the nearest dollar but the rounding error is surprisingly small”

SYNONYMS

BROADER