probable error

Example Sentences

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I might, by possibility, look too highly; or, by an equally probable error, I might place myself on too humble a level.

From Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience by Lever, Charles James

"Two-sevenths of our force, with a probable error of one in seven," replied the younger Vorkul.

From Spacehounds of IPC by Smith, E. E. (Edward Elmer)

While acknowledging the one error, detected by the Reviewer, I avail myself of the opportunity to apprise those who have my book of a probable error, not discovered by him.

From Salem Witchcraft and Cotton Mather A Reply by Upham, Charles Wentworth

The probable error of a declination from a single transit was ±0″.141, and judging from the accidental errors, the series ought to give trustworthy results.

From Astronomical Discovery by Turner, Herbert Hall

But after allowing for my probable error, it figures an ellipse of low eccentricity, between the orbits of Io and Europa.

From Spacehounds of IPC by Smith, E. E. (Edward Elmer)