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   Er·ror

   /ˈerər/

   

   noun

   • 1. a mistake: "spelling errors"
   • ▪ the state or condition of being wrong in conduct or judgment: "the crash was caused by human error"
   • ▪ a misplay by a fielder that allows a batter to reach base or a runner to advance.
   • ▪ a measure of the estimated difference between the observed or calculated value of a quantity and its true value.
   • ▪ a mistake of fact or of law in a court's opinion, judgment or order: "the decisions of the appeal committee disclosed no error of law"

   Word Origin Middle English: via Old French from Latin error, from errare ‘to stray, err’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. errorless adjective

   Scrabble Points: 5

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