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Definition: PROBABLE ERROR |
PROBABLE ERROR1. (of an observation, or of the mean of a number), that within which, taken positively and negatively, there is an even chance that the real error shall lie. Thus, if 3[sec] is the probable error in a given case, the chances that the real error is greater than 3[sec] are equal to the chances that it is less. The probable error is computed from the observations made, and is used to express their degree of accuracy. |
| Domain | Definition |
Aerospace | In statistics, that value ep for which there exists and even probability (0.5) that the actual error exceeds ep. The probable error ep is 0.6745 times the standard deviation s.The probable error is not 'probable' in the normal sense of the word.Symbol ep. (references) |
Statistics | An older measure of sampling variability now almost superseded in statistics by the standard error; the probable error is 0. 6745 times the standard error. Source: European Union. (references) |
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| Expression | Frequency per Day |
a to circular probable error | 4 |
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| Language | Translations for "PROBABLE ERROR"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | spredning (deconcentration, devolution, dispersal, dispersion, distribution, diverging, range, regulating, scatter, scattering, shaping, span, spread, spreading, standard deviation, stray), sandsynlig fejl, afvigelsessandsynlighed. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | waarschijnlijke fout. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | todennäköinen virhe, otantavirhe. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | erreur probable, écart probable (probable deviation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | wahrscheinlicher Fehler. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | πιθανό σφάλμα. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | valószínû hibaeltérés, valószínû hiba, valószínű hiba, hibavalószínûség. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | errore probabile. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | obablepray erroray erro provável. (various references) error probable. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-b-e-e-l-o-o-p-r-r-r-r" | |
-5 letters: operable, probable, prolabor. | |
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