Error:
Error is a general concept related to deviation of the estimated quantity from its true value: the greater the deviation, the greater the error.
Errors are categorised according to their probabilistic nature into systematic errors and random errors , and, according to their relation to the true value, into additive errors and multiplicative errors .
See also: measurement error
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