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   error

   /ˈɛrə/

   noun

   • 1. a mistake: "spelling errors"
   • ▪ the state or condition of being wrong in conduct or judgement: "goods dispatched to your branch in error"
   • ▪ a measure of the estimated difference between the observed or calculated value of a quantity and its true value.
   • ▪ a mistake in matter of law appearing in the proceedings of a court of record: "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

   • E

     1

   • R

     1

   • R

     1

   • O

     1

   • R

     1

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