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er·ror

   [er-er]
noun
1.
a deviation from accuracy or correctness; a mistake, as in action or speech: His speech contained several factual errors.
2.
belief in something untrue; the holding of mistaken opinions.
3.
the condition of believing what is not true: in error about the date.
4.
a moral offense; wrongdoing; sin.
5.
Baseball. a misplay that enables a base runner to reach base safely or advance a base, or a batter to have a turn at bat prolonged, as the dropping of a ball batted in the air, the fumbling of a batted or thrown ball, or the throwing of a wild ball, but not including a passed ball or wild pitch.
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6.
Mathematics. the difference between the observed or approximately determined value and the true value of a quantity.
7.
Law.
a.
a mistake in a matter of fact or law in a case tried in a court of record.
b.
writ of error.
8.
Philately. a stamp distinguished by an error or errors in design, engraving, selection of inks, or setting up of the printing apparatus. Compare freak1 (def. 5), variety (def. 8).
COLLAPSE
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English errour < Latin errōr- (stem of error), equivalent to err- err + -or -or1

Related forms
er·ror·less, adjective
er·ror·less·ly, adverb

Synonyms
1. blunder, slip, oversight. See mistake. 4. fault, transgression, trespass, misdeed.

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Word Origin & History

error
c.1300, from O.Fr. errur, from L. errorem (nom. error) "a wandering, straying, mistake," from errare "to wander" (see err). Words for "error" in most I.E. languages originally meant "wander, go astray" (but Ir. dearmad "error," from dermat "a forgetting").
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error er·ror (ěr'ər)
n.

  1. A defect or insufficiency in structure or function.

  2. An act, an assertion, or a decision, especially one made in testing a hypothesis, that unintentionally deviates from what is correct, right, or true.

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