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rounding error

noun

  1. computing an error introduced into a computation by the need to perform rounding
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

“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".

From BBC

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.

Although it would be a large boost to state wildlife budgets, the funding would be a rounding error in federal spending.

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