systematic error
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of systematic error
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
This finding established that the correction term we measured was not some systematic error from our experiment that we had failed to understand but was indeed the thing we were looking for.
From Scientific American • Jan. 8, 2020
However, there is a larger overall systematic error that scales all measurements by the same amount.
From Nature • May 24, 2016
In the latest run, the pulses were shorter and more precisely timed, ruling out some sources of systematic error.
From Nature • Nov. 23, 2011
Art McDonald of Queen's University in Kingston, Canada and the SNO says that people have to look carefully at the calculation, which may itself have a systematic error.
From Scientific American • Apr. 1, 2011
That the present system of open certification tends to prevent candid statements of the causes of death, and thus introduces a systematic error into death statistics.
From Venereal Diseases in New Zealand (1922) Report of the Special Committee of the Board of Health appointed by the Hon. Minister of Health by New Zealand. Committee of the Board of Health
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
