| Error How1 #722647 In science the term "error" does not have the negative connotation it has in ordinary speech. Error refers to the difference between a measured value and the true value or accepted standard. Since no instrument can have infinite precision, any measurement is riddled with uncertainty. Estimating the uncertainty is a must to make the most of the data collected by detectors, be it turned toward the infinitely large or toward the infinitely small. |
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