“error of”

The following 3 entries include the term error of.

error of closure

: the ratio of the distance by which a survey fails to close to the perimeter of the tract surveyed

error of estimate

: an error made by using the equation of a regression line to estimate the values of the dependent variable from those of the independent variable

the error of one's ways

noun phrase

: one's wrong actions or bad behavior


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