Usually means: Approximation error in numerical calculations.
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  1. rounding error: Collins English Dictionary
  2. rounding error: Vocabulary.com
  3. rounding error: Dictionary.com
  4. Rounding error: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. rounding error: Rhymezone
  6. rounding error: FreeDictionary.org
  7. rounding error: Mnemonic Dictionary
  8. rounding error: TheFreeDictionary.com
  9. rounding error: Wiktionary

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Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rounding error: Encyclopedia

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  1. rounding error: Idioms

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Rounding Error: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
  2. rounding error: PlanetMath Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (rounding error)

noun:  (mathematics) The difference between the result of a calculation using exact arithmetic and finite-precision, rounded arithmetic.
noun:  (by extension) A negligible fraction of something.

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