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rounding
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun rounding has 1 sense
- rounding(n = noun.act) rounding error - (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" is a kind of miscalculation, misestimation, misreckoning
CIDE DICTIONARY
rounding, a.
Round or nearly round; becoming round; roundish. [1913 Webster]
rounding, n.
- Small rope, or strands of rope, or spun yarn, wound round a rope to keep it from chafing; -- called also
service . [1913 Webster] - Modifying a speech sound by contraction of the lip opening; labializing; labialization. See Guide to Pronunciation,
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