Misreckoning

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. An erroneous or false reckoning.
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  • noun. An erroneous computation.
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  • verb. Present participle of misreckon.
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  • noun. a mistake in calculating
    • Word Usage
    "Of course, we can only assume that the sirens and squeals that were emitted due to his misreckoning were immensely louder than the prior hum, but some folks just love to learn the hard way."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    error  fault  mistake  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    backfire  boomerang  rounding  rounding error  truncation error  
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