相そう対たい誤ご差さ

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Meanings

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noun

relative error

Technical term used in mathematics, statistics, and engineering to express the error of a measurement relative to the true value.

測そく定てい値ちの相そう対たい誤ご差さを計けい算さんする。
Calculate the relative error of the measured value.

inter-, mutual, together

対vis-a-vis, opposite, even

誤mistake, err, do wrong

差distinction, difference, variation

Similar words

絶ぜっ対たい誤ご差さ
絶対誤差 is absolute error, the raw difference between measured and true values, while 相対誤差 expresses that difference as a fraction or percentage of the true value.

Etymology

Compound of 相対 (relative) and 誤差 (error). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is a straightforward technical calque from English 'relative error'.