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Meaning of error

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  error
      n 1: a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or
           inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to
           point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in
           spite of his grammatical faults" [syn: {mistake}, {error},
           {fault}]
      2: inadvertent incorrectness [syn: {erroneousness}, {error}]
      3: a misconception resulting from incorrect information [syn:
         {error}, {erroneous belief}]
      4: (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out
         when normal play would have sufficed [syn: {error},
         {misplay}]
      5: departure from what is ethically acceptable [syn: {error},
         {wrongdoing}]
      6: (computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result
         produced by a computer [syn: {error}, {computer error}]
      7: part of a statement that is not correct; "the book was full
         of errors" [syn: {error}, {mistake}]


Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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