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    MISESTIMATION

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A mistake in calculatingplay

    Synonyms:

    miscalculation; misestimation; misreckoning

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Hypernyms ("misestimation" is a kind of...):

    error; fault; mistake (a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "misestimation"):

    backfire; boomerang (a miscalculation that recoils on its maker)

    rounding; rounding error ((mathematics) a miscalculation that results from rounding off numbers to a convenient number of decimals)

    truncation error ((mathematics) a miscalculation that results from cutting off a numerical calculation before it is finished)

    Derivation:

    misestimate (calculate incorrectly)

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