INDEX ERROR

Definition: INDEX ERROR

INDEX ERROR

1. The error in the reading of a mathematical instrument arising from the zero of the index not being in complete adjustment with that of the limb, or with its theoretically perfect position in the instrument; a correction to be applied to the instrument readings equal to the error of the zero adjustment.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Photo Album: INDEX ERROR

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	Checking index error of sextants prior to conducting launch hydrography.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.
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Anagrams: INDEX ERROR

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-e-e-i-n-o-r-r-r-x"
	-2 letters: ornerier.
	-3 letters: dernier, indexer, nerdier, onerier, orderer, reindex, reorder.
	-4 letters: denier, dinero, droner, ironed, ironer, nereid, oreide, redone, reined, render.
	-5 letters: dexie, diene, diner, direr, donee, doxie, drier, drone, eider, ender, erode, erred, error, exine, index, irone, nixed, order, oxide, redon, redox, rider.
	Words containing the letters "d-e-e-i-n-o-r-r-r-x"
	+4 letters: extraordinaire.
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