Usually means: Difference between true and estimated values.
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  1. absolute error: Merriam-Webster
  2. absolute error: Wiktionary
  3. Absolute error: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. absolute error: Merriam-Webster

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  1. absolute error: Encyclopedia

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  1. Absolute Error: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics

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Definitions from Wiktionary (absolute error)

noun:  (mathematics) The difference (sometimes defined to be the absolute difference) between the measured or inferred value of a quantity and its true value.
noun:  (military gunnery) Shortest distance between the center of impact or the center of burst of a group of shots, and the point of impact or burst of a single shot within the group.
noun:  (military gunnery) Error of a sight consisting of its error in relation to a master service sight with which it is tested, including the known error of the master service sight.

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