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error

noun
/ˈɛɹə/UK/ˈɛɹəɹ/US/ˈeɹəɹ/

Etymology

From Middle English errour, from Anglo-Norman errour, borrowed from Old French error, from Latin error (“wandering about”, noun), derived from the verb errō (“to wander, to err”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌶𐌴𐌹 (airzei, “error”), Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽 (airzjan, “to lead astray”). More at err. By surface analysis, err + -or (suffix forming nouns of quality, state, or condition).

  1. derived from error — “wandering about”
  2. derived from error
  3. derived from errour
  4. inherited from errour

Definitions

  1. The state, quality, or condition of being wrong.

    • "Am I in error in marking out the s in the word assistants used in the following manner?[…]"

  2. A mistake

    A mistake; an accidental wrong action or a false statement not made deliberately.

    • There was a large error in the accounts.
    • Chris Brunt sliced the spot-kick well wide but his error was soon forgotten as Olsson headed home from a corner.
    • "Well over 400 trains and thousands of passengers from across the South were disrupted by this single error of judgement," said Network Rail's Route Director for Sussex, Katie Frost.

  3. Sin

    Sin; transgression.

  4. ›+ 9 more definitions

    1. A failure to complete a task, usually involving a premature termination.

    2. The difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one.

    3. A play which is scored as having been made incorrectly.

    4. One or more mistakes in a trial that could be grounds for review of the judgement.

    5. Any alteration in the DNA chemical structure occurring during DNA replication,…

      Any alteration in the DNA chemical structure occurring during DNA replication, recombination or repairing.

    6. An unintentional deviation from the inherent rules of a language variety made by a second…

      An unintentional deviation from the inherent rules of a language variety made by a second language learner.

    7. To function improperly due to an error, especially accompanied by error message.

      • The web-page took a long time to load and errored out.
      • Remove that line of code and the script should stop erroring there.
      • This directory errors with a "Permission denied" message.

    8. To show or contain an error or fault.

      • The block transmission errored near the start and could not be received.

    9. To err.

      • By doing so examiners are erroring in the direction of drawing hypotheses based on greater evidence of reliability and validity.
      • Error is not just permitted by diversity; it is what permits diversity.... The beetle had “errored” beautifully

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Derived

alpha error, beta error, bioerror, category error, comedy of errors, en, error bar, error box, error carried forward, error catastrophe, error code, error correct, error correction, error diffusion, error fare, errorfree, error-free, errorful, error function, error handler, error handling, error in judgement, error in judgment, errorist, errorless, error message, error of judgement, error of judgment, error of the first kind, error of the second kind, errorous, error-prone, error-proneness, errorproof, error-ridden, errorsome, error treatment, fatal system error, fencepost error, forced error · +23 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at error. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at error. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at error

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA