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Error: A missed spare; same as blow. Most players do not count an unmade split as an error, but maybe they should as it was an error on the first ball to come so high!

Acid Error: A systematic error that occurs when glass pH electrodes are used in strongly acidic solutions. Glass electrodes give pH readings that are consistently too high in these solutions.

Absolute Error: Absolute uncertainty. Compare with relative error. The uncertainty in a measurement, expressed with appropriate units. For example, if three replicate weights for an object are 1.00 g, 1.05 . . . View Full Definition

Alkaline Error: A systematic error that occurs when glass electrodes are used to read the pH of an extremely alkaline solution; the electrode responds to sodium ions as though they were hydrogen ions, givin . . . View Full Definition

Net Errors And Omissions: In balance of payments accounting, net errors and omissions record the statistical discrepancies that arise in gathering balance of payments data.

Error 500: Internal Server Error - The server encountered an unexpected condition which prevented it from fulfilling the request.

Forced Error: When an opponent hits a difficult shot that causes the player to miss. As opposed to the unforced error

Unforced Error: During play, an error in a service or return shot that cannot be attributed to any factor other than poor judgement and execution by the player.

Gross Error: Gross errors are undetected mistakes that cause a measurement to be very much farther from the mean measurement than other measurements.

Measurement Error: Errors in measuring an explanatory variable in a regression, which leads to biases in estimated parameters.