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rounding

/ˈɹaʊndɪŋ/noun2 syllables

Rounding means: (mathematics) a miscalculation that results from rounding off numbers to a convenient number of decimals.

Synonyms for rounding1

noun, as in (mathematics) a miscalculation that results from rounding off numbers to a convenient number of decimals

rounding error

What does rounding mean?1

noun

1

(mathematics) a miscalculation that results from rounding off numbers to a convenient number of decimals“the error in the calculation was attributable to rounding”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with rounding?9

two syllables

foundingsoundingpoundinggrounding

three syllables

surroundingastoundingcompoundingresoundingrebounding
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Rounding in a sentence

  • He threw away the race after rounding the third turn.unknown
  • Bruno saw the aliens rounding up some town residents.Amastan
  • The government started rounding up and arresting dissenters, idealists, and Esperanto-speakers.Eccles17

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Forms of rounding

as a noun

plural
roundings