(biology) The extinction of an organism (usually microorganisms) due to excessive RNA mutations.

The process of finding a solution to a problem by trying many possible solutions and learning from mistakes until success is attained.

(law) A party who appeals the decision of a lower court.

(mathematics) The difference (sometimes defined to be the absolute difference) between the measured or inferred value of a quantity and its true value.

(geometry, geomagnetism) The combination of variation and deviation which is the horizontal angle between the direction indicated by a magnetic compass and true north.

(computing) A message displayed when a failure condition occurs, usually on a computer or device.

(mathematics, statistics) A sigmoid function giving the probability that a measurement, under the influence of normally distributed errors with standard deviation, is within a certain distance from the mean value.

A blunder that occurs as the result of a strenuous effort to avoid it, such as spilling a drink because one is concentrating on not doing so.

plural of error function

plural of error-proneness