error

     

Error refers to a ifference between actual behavior or measurement and the norms or expectations for the behavior or measurement. The concrete meaning of the Latin word error means "ramble" or "misconception", although the metaphorical meaning "mistake, misapprehension" is more common.

Trivia about error

  • The "H" in the old Schaeffer sign in Ebbets Field lit up for a hit; an "E" was lit when one of these occurred
  • Proverbially, when you find you're wrong, you "see the" this 5-letter word "of your ways"

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