error

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   part of a statement that is not correct

   the book was full of errors

2. 2
   noun

   The state, quality, or condition of being wrong.

   "Am I in error in marking out the s in the word assistants used in the following manner?[…]"

3. 3
   noun

   A mistake; an accidental wrong action or a false statement not made deliberately.

   There was a large error in the accounts.

4. 4
   verb

   To function improperly due to an error, especially accompanied by error message.

   The web-page took a long time to load and errored out.

5. 5
   verb

   To show or contain an error or fault.

   The block transmission errored near the start and could not be received.

6. 6
   verb

   To err.

   Pixels which are mathematically outside of a triangle, but which are included for anti-aliasing purposes can be generated with colour and depth information outside of the valid range. The ADE should identify these cases and clamp the output to the minimum or maximum value depending on the direction it has errored in.

7. 7
   noun

   a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention

8. 8
   noun

   (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed

Etymology

From Middle English errour, from Anglo-Norman errour, borrowed from Old French error, from Latin error (“wandering about”, noun), derived from the verb errō (“to wander, to err”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌶𐌴𐌹 (airzei, “error”), Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽 (airzjan, “to lead astray”). More at err. By surface analysis, err + -or (suffix forming nouns of quality, state, or condition).