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Definition of Rounding

1. Noun. (mathematics) a miscalculation that results from rounding off numbers to a convenient number of decimals. "Taxes are rounded off to the nearest dollar but the rounding error is surprisingly small"

Definition of Rounding

1. a. Round or nearly round; becoming round; roundish.

2. n. Small rope, or strands of rope, or spun yarn, wound round a rope to keep it from chafing; -- called also service.

Definition of Rounding

1. Verb. (present participle of round) ¹

2. Noun. The act of rounding a mathematical value ¹

3. Noun. The numerical value obtained by this process ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rounding

1. round [v] - See also: round

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rounding

Literary usage of Rounding

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Planetary, Lunar, and Solar Positions, 601 B.C. to A.D. 1 at Five-day and by Bryant Tuckerman (1962)
"The resulting bounds dir for the total rounding error in TT are: for Mercury, 0°.01S; ... TABLE 3.4.1 Bounds for constituent rounding errors in PVN dL df. ..."

2. The Art of Bookbinding: A Practical Treatise by Joseph William Zaehnsdorf (1890)
"All artificial heat in drying in any process of bookbinding is injurious to the work. CHAPTER XI. rounding. THE word "rounding" applies ..."

3. A Treatise on Gyrostatics and Rotational Motion: Theory and Applications by Andrew Gray (1918)
"Mr. Walker finds that, as stated above, unless either twist or "rounding," or a combination of them exists, the boomerang does not return to the point of ..."

4. A History of English Sounds from the Earliest Period: With Full Word-lists by Henry Sweet (1888)
"rounding. rounding influence is parallel to front influence, ... Forward rounding by a vowel is seen in German auch JJG ; by a consonant in OE wudu from ..."

5. A History of English Sounds from the Earliest Period: With Full Word-lists by Henry Sweet (1888)
"rounding. rounding influence is parallel to front influence, though less extensive and important. ... Forward rounding by a vowel is seen in German auch ..."

6. German Orthography and Phonology: A Treatise with a Word-list by George Hempl (1897)
"Vowels that are prolonged ("long vowels") tend to narrowness, § 135, while short vowels do not need this economical adjustment of the organs. rounding and ..."

7. Distributions with Fixed Marginals and Related Topics by Ludger Rüschendorf, Berthold Schweizer, Michael Dee Taylor (1996)
"Perusal of more detailed data given in accompanying tables confirmed the fact that the "rule" of rounding used by that august journalistic institution was ..."

8. American Machinists' Handbook and Dictionary of Shop Terms: A Reference Book by Fred Herbert Colvin, Frank Arthur Stanley (1909)
"... CORNER rounding CUTTERS Din. Cutter 3 zj 3f 2j to 3* Rad. Circle TV to No. Teeth 14 i> 10 CONCAVE AND CONVEX CUTTERS Dia. Cutter 2 2} to Dia. ..."

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