rounding

Other forms: roundings

Definitions of rounding
  1. noun
    (mathematics) a miscalculation that results from rounding off numbers to a convenient number of decimals
    “the error in the calculation was attributable to rounding”
    “taxes are rounded off to the nearest dollar but the rounding error is surprisingly small”
    synonyms: rounding error
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    type of:
    miscalculation, misestimation, misreckoning
    a mistake in calculating
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