rounding error
roun·din·ger·ror
noun
1.
(mathematics) a miscalculation that results from rounding off numbers to a convenient number of decimals
- “the error in the calculation was attributable to rounding”
- “taxes are rounded off to the nearest dollar but the rounding error is surprisingly small”
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