absolute error

English

Noun

absolute error (plural absolute errors)

1. (mathematics) The difference (sometimes defined to be the absolute difference) between the measured or inferred value of a quantity and its true value.
2. (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.
3. (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.

Usage notes

• Relative error, which is a part of absolute error, includes only the error of a sight in relation to a master service sight.

Translations

in mathematics

Esperanto: absoluta eraro, ekarto Indonesian: galat absolut, galat mutlak Malay: ralat mutlak

See also

• relative error