rounding error Idiome
holy terror
a very disobedient or unruly child The little boy is a holy terror and his parents never want to take him anywhere.
trial and error
learn by correcting errors, hit and miss We learned to make pizza by trial and error. We gradually improved.
in error
mistaken;wrong弄错
He has sent the book to you in error.他把书错寄给你了。
You were in error in assuming that he would wait for us.你误以为他会等我们。
holy terror|holy|terror
n.,
informal A very disobedient or unruly child; brat.
All the children are afraid of Johnny because he's a holy terror.
in error|error
adv. phr. Wrong; mistaken.
You were in error when you assumed that he would wait for us.
trial and error|error|trial
n. A way of solving problems by trying different possible solutions until you find one that works.
John found the short circuit by trial and error. The only way Tom could solve the algebra problem was by the method of trial and error.
comedy of errors
comedy of errors A complex or humorous series of events, as in
Mary and John went to the Smiths', while the Smiths went to the Parkers', and the Parkers wondered why no one answered the door at John and Mary's—a true comedy of errors. The term borrows the title of Shakespeare's play,
The Comedy of Errors, about two sets of twin brothers, master and slave, who are separated in infancy, and the mix-ups occurring when they arrive in the same place many years later. [c. 1600]
error
error see
comedy of errors;
trial and error.
terror
terror see
holy terror.
rounding error
1. The aberration amid an exact algebraic bulk and the bulk that is approximated during a adding or ciphering in which rounding occurs. So abounding of the ethics we accept to use in these calculations accept decimals that extend to an absolute breadth that rounding errors are artlessly unavoidable. It may assume like we leave a actual ample rounding absurdity back we use 3.14159 as the bulk for pi, but in best instances it will accord us a aftereffect that it authentic abundant for our purposes.2. A bulk that is or seems ample in abreast but is almost baby or immaterial to a ample company. The adjustment of $300,000 is little added than a rounding absurdity to a all-around association that earns billions of dollars anniversary year. I'm afraid about allurement for a raise, but I'm aggravating to acquaint myself that it is aloof a rounding absurdity in the company's eyes.Learn more: error, roundrounding error
a ample bulk of money that is almost baby in allegory to a abundant beyond sum. To a ample aggregation like Smith & Co., a few thousand dollars is aloof a rounding error. It's not a lot at all.Learn more: error, round